1893, an American engineer named Judson developed a "zipper" and obtained a patent, which is the initial prototype of the zipper.
19 13 years, Sambak, Sweden improved this rough locking device and made it a reliable commodity.
19 17, zippers were introduced to Japan. At that time, zippers were rare and could only be used as decorations for dignitaries to show off their status.
1932 Japan began to make a large number of hand-made zippers.
From 65438 to 0934, zipper products from Shanghai, Hong Kong and the United States began to be exported in batches. The predecessor of Japan Yoshida Industrial Co., Ltd., the "Three S Chamber of Commerce", was established in June this year at 65438+ 10/.
1950, Japan's "Yoshida Industrial Co., Ltd." imported automatic tooth chain machine, which entered the first step of mechanized production.
The zipper production in China was introduced to Shanghai from Japan in 1930. At that time, in Houjia Road, Wang He founded the first zipper factory in China. Later, Wu started another zipper factory, and founded the Shanghai Samsung zipper factory on 1933.
1949, there were more than 20 small and medium-sized zipper enterprises in China with about 1000 employees. Mainly by hand, the equipment is simple.
1958, Shanghai Samsung Zipper Factory introduced an automatic rice machine made in Germany, and carried out technical transformation, which increased the rotation speed of the automatic rice machine from 1440 rpm to 3000 rpm, equivalent to 230 times of manual operation. The production of slider is transformed from single-head stamping to twelve-pass one-time forming, and the production efficiency is improved by more than 50 times; High-efficiency special equipment such as leveling, brushing, belt washing, waxing, doubling and shuttleless loom has been successfully transformed; The first technological revolution of zipper industry in China was realized by popularizing new technologies such as liquid drawing of Al-Mg alloy and sintering of cemented carbide into an integral mold.
1958 invisible zipper is on sale.
196 1 year, Delrin resin zipper injection molding machine came out and Delrin resin zipper began to be sold.
1963 EFJON double-bone zipper goes on sale.
197 1 knitted fabrics with peron zipper are on sale.
1974 Beijing imported Swiss nylon zipper (horizontal) production equipment; With the introduction of eight sets of French-made polyester zipper production equipment in Tianjin; Soon, domestic cities such as Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hubei and Guangdong introduced non-metallic zipper equipment from Germany, Japan, Taiwan Province and other countries and regions, and non-metallic zippers began to develop in China.
1978 Fishing nets are sold with zippers.
1979 resin zipper with wings is on sale.
1985 Watertight and airtight zipper sold. 1989 ion-plated zippers are on sale.
199 1 year, the injection-molded velour zipper began to be sold.
1992 Yongming, Westron thermal transfer zipper and injection molding (die-casting zipper) began to be sold.
1993 Qmeshe (quick opening), Q mate (quick opening for pairing) and Q touch (quick opening for curtain rail) began to be sold.
1994 wide die casting QUICKLON (continuous injection molding) and Dali began to sell. Start selling. From August of 1 year, "Yoshida Company of Japan" was renamed as "YKK" Company.
Since 1980, especially after 1995, China's zipper production has developed at an unprecedented speed, and a large number of emerging private zipper enterprises have emerged, and their scale has been expanding. Zipper products are increasing day by day. At present, there are three kinds of zippers in the world, and all varieties and specifications can basically be produced.
From 65438 to 0999, China's zipper production achieved its first historic leap, exceeding10 billion meters, becoming the largest zipper producer in the world.