TOKYO, JAPAN: YKK Corporation on Monday announced that it will exhibit at the Textile Exchange Conference 2026, to be held in Vancouver, Canada, from Monday, October 12 through Friday, October 16, where it will showcase fastening products and technologies featuring repair-compatible parts, components with recycled content, and fibre-to-fibre recycling applications.
Textile Exchange is an international nonprofit organization that promotes action on climate change and resource circularity in the fashion and textile industries. YKK has been a member of Textile Exchange since September 2020.
The annual Textile Exchange Conference brings together fashion brands, supply chain partners, innovators, academics, and other stakeholders to collaboratively explore common industry challenges and solutions. YKK’s participation in the exhibition will mark its second consecutive year. Through its participation in the conference, YKK will further strengthen collaboration with industry leaders and share information about fastening products and technologies featuring repair-compatible parts, components with recycled content, and fibre-to-fibre recycling applications.
Textile Exchange Conference 2026
- Dates: October 12 (Mon) – 16 (Fri), 2026
- Main sessions will be held from October 13 (Tue) to 15 (Thu)
- Venue: Vancouver Convention Center (Vancouver, Canada)
- YKK booth: No.47
- Official Website: https://textileexchange.org/conference-2026/
YKK Exhibit Highlights
Fastening products supporting resource circulation
- Repair parts designed to help extend the life of garments: Revived renewal components
- Products containing components with recycled content: NATULON and NATULON Fibre Sourced
- Fibre-to-fibre recycling: NATULON Plus with Recycled PET Open Parts
YKK initiatives
- YKK’s initiatives under the “YKK Sustainability Vision 2050”
YKK also participates in the Recycled Polyester Challenge, an industry initiative co-hosted by Textile Exchange and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through its Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The Recycled Polyester Challenge aims to increase the use of recycled polyester across the fashion and textile industries. Participating companies have worked toward a goal of sourcing 45–100% of the polyester they use from recycled materials by fiscal 2025. At YKK, the use of recycled polyester had already reached 45% or more by fiscal 2024 and increased further to 50% in fiscal 2025.
Going forward, YKK will continue working to increase its use of recycled polyester in its products.
ABOUT TEXTILE EXCHANGE: Founded in 2002 as “Organic Exchange,” Textile Exchange works closely with all sectors involved in the fashion and textile supply chain. In 2010, the organization expanded its scope beyond organic cotton to include a wider range of fibres and materials, aiming to create a greater positive impact on the global environment.
ABOUT YKK: YKK solves the most complex fastening and attaching challenges. Since the company’s founding in Tokyo in 1934, YKK has continuously developed its capabilities in the production of zippers, plastic hardware, hook and loop fasteners, webbing tapes, snaps, and buttons. YKK’s “solutions-first” approach leverages its extensive product and machinery portfolio, engineering expertise, and integrated production, service, and supply chain solutions in approximately 70 countries/regions, leaving it well-positioned to support the growth of customers of all sizes and adapt to their evolving business needs. Guided by the CYCLE OF GOODNESS philosophy – no one prospers without rendering benefit to others – YKK seeks new ways to serve the changing needs of its customers while investing in its employees and giving back to its communities.
