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Well, Talon pretty much ruled the zipper market until the 1930s, but in 1934, Sundback's original patent expired, so the playing field was wide open to competitors.
That same year, Japanese businessman, Tadao Yoshida, founded a new fastener company, the Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation, or YKK.
It began as a single workshop in Tokyo where each zipper was made by hand.
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