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YKK YKK innovated solutions for others too of of his life ” – Erich Fromm India between 1925 and 1935 YKK’s “The true meaning of of of life life is is is The The Art of of of Loving family decided to to to try its hand at at this too too to plant trees under whose Through his actions YKK grew in in in stature They put up a a a a a a a a a a a weaving unit for artificial
shade you do not expect to sit ” – Nelson Henderson
YKK turned 80 in 2020 Of these eight decades he has spent at least 50 full
Kusumgar Corporates’ most senior members are two who started out as YKK’s students 60 years ago and who have worked with him since ‘Sir’ became ‘Saheb’ when they transitioned from students to colleagues and their eyes
silk yarn but it did not do well So the Kusumgars decided to cut their losses and move on YKK was a a a a a young man at the the time He took the the loss as a a a personal challenge and decided to make his name in the very area that his family had lost
“You give but little
when you you give of your
give give of of of yourself that you you industry whose birth he he he he has been a a a a a a a a a a a a a part those who who are are too busy to to to to years in in in in in in inventing engineering problem- twinkle with pride even now when they solving and and helping while doing his remember the past and and YKK’s early years life’s work: creating technical textiles His
possessions It is is when you you you actions are woven into the the fabric of of the the “Success usually comes to to truly give give ” ” – – Kahlil Gibran of of Even as as he he himself was delivering be be looking for it ” ” – – Henry industrial fabrics that would become the backbone of of many industries equally he he he he David Thoreau
Born in 1940 Yogesh Kantilal Kusumgar came into a a a a world that was being torn
apart by the the violence of Hitler on on the the one hand and and being drawn together by the the non-violence of of of Gandhi on on on on on on on the the the the the the the other found you a a a a a a a a a a a solution the the the the the the the 1920s the the the the the the the manufacture of of of manmade
was helping others looking for a a a a a a a a a a a slice of Yogesh Kantilal Kusumgar’s family were the the same pie Anyone who had a a a a a a a a a a problem traditionally in in the the business of cycle knew that YKK would not rest until he he he imports and they were doing very well In The consequences of of one’s actions upon “What does one one one person fibres had had been steadily gaining attention society the the ripple that a a a a a a a a a a a a a a single stone can in in in in in in India as pure silk had had become costly create in in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a pond were woven into YKK’s give give to to to another? He gives International innovations in in in in in in artificial
DNA Thus as his life played out not not of of himself himself of of the the the most silk and rayon had begun to to to percolate to to to only did he he he he he generate wealth for himself himself precious he he he he he has he he he he he gives the the subcontinent Many manmade
fibre through an an an expertise in in in in in industrial fabrics weaving units were set up across British





















































































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