Company Fact Sheet

AT A GLANCE

GLOBAL MANAGEMENT PLUS TWO BUSINESS GROUPS

LOCATIONS

CORE VALUES

From backpack manufacturers to skyscraper builders, users of YKK’s two great brands - YKK® Fastening Products and YKK AP® Architectural

Products – benefit from YKK’s network of 108 companies operating in 72 countries/regions around the world. Since the company’s founding

in Japan in 1934 by Tadao Yoshida, YKK has continuously set industry standards for quality, service, value and innovation in the production

of fastening products such as zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, plastic hardware, and snaps and buttons and architectural products such as

storefronts, curtain walls, entrances, sun controls, windows, and doors. Based on the "Cycle of Goodness®” corporate philosophy – no one

prospers without rendering benefits to others – YKK aims to contribute to a sustainable society through our manufacturing operations and

constantly seeks new ways to serve the changing needs of our diverse customers.

Founded: January 1, 1934 Total worldwide employees: 46,167 Annual global sales: 747,762 million yen Global network: 108 companies in 72 countries

The Fastening Products Group does exactly what the name

implies, producing and marketing fasteners. This business is where YKK started, and we have produced and marketed fastening prod-ucts for over 80 years. Today, YKK brand fastening products are used around the world, and we continue to meet the challenge of further increasing the value of our brand and creating new demand for our products.

The Architectural Products Business Group manufactures

YKK AP brand products. Our production system features products developed to meet market needs precisely, manufactures to con-sistent standards, and delivers a level of quality trusted around the world. The YKK AP brand aims to increase the value of buildings with entrance and window systems that offer quality, diversity, and uniqueness, based on the wide-ranging know-how we have accu-mulated through major projects around the world.

The Machinery and Engineering Group contributes to the

growth of the YKK Group from the aspects of both development and manufacturing of machinery as the core of YKK Group technol-ogies. The YKK Group has grown globally by developing an integrat-ed production system that encompasses materials, manufacturing facilities, and products.

Cycle of Goodness® “No one prospers without

rendering benefit to others.”

YKK Corporation Of America 1850 Parkway Place SE Suite 300, Marietta, GA 30067 (770) 261-6120 www.ykknorthamerica.com

YKK IN NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA YKK IN GEORGIA

Japanese Garden at The Carter Center (Atlanta) Yoshida Scholarship at The Carter Center (Atlanta) Support of student exchange programs (Macon and Dublin) Ocmulgee Alive! River cleanup (Macon) Cherry Blossom Festival HQ Building (Macon) Turner Trail for Students (Kentucky) Toys for Tots (Alabama, Austell, Kentucky, and Marietta) Remodeled the Neurosurgery and Orthopedic unit at Hospital Mario Catarino Rivas (Honduras) Remodeled the public school, Dr. Leonardo Martinez V. in San Pedro Sula, Honduras

1970 - YKK sales office in Atlanta opens (Now YKK (U.S.A.) Inc.) 1974 - Fastening manufacturing center opens (Macon) (50 acres) 1979 - Additional 250 acres purchased in Macon 1991 - YKK AP America Inc. established 1992 - Architectural Products manufacturing center opens (Dublin)

COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY

Employees in North and Central America (2018): 2,759

Yoshida International Inc. established In New York: 1960

YKK Corporation of America (Headquarters established 1987)

Tape Craft Corporation established: 1946 (acquired in 1996)

YKK Canada Inc. established: 1968

YKK Mexicana S.A. de C.V. established: 1994

YKK Snap Fasteners Manufactura Mexico S.A. de C.V. established: 2004

YKK El Salvador S.A. de C.V. established: 1970

YKK Honduras S.A. established: 1974

YKK Colombia S.A.S. established: 2004