in this sleepy little town of Yakima, Washington,

在華盛頓州亞基馬這個沉睡的小城。

lies a hidden empire.

蘊藏著一個隱藏的帝國。

And what they've been making

而他們所做的

you've used your entire life. - It's like

你用了一輩子的時間。- 這就像

one of those things that you go, “Oh my God!”

這些事情之一，你去，"哦，我的上帝！"

“That was invented?

"那是發明的？

“Oh, yeah, wow!”

"哦，對，哇！"

My name is Stephanie, and I'm the oldest

我叫史蒂芬妮，我是最年長的。

of the Paxton women.

的帕克斯頓婦女。

- My name is Kimberly and I'm in the middle. (laughing)

- 我的名字是金佰利，我在中間。（笑）

- My name is Melissa, and I am the baby.

- 我叫梅麗莎，我是寶寶。

We are the three sisters

我們是三姐妹

behind the Kwik Lok corporation

權樂公司背後

and the little bag closures that you see

還有你所看到的小袋子封口

just about everywhere.

幾乎無處不在。

- [Narrator] And by everywhere,

- [旁白]和各地。

she means everywhere.

她指的是到處。

- Typically around bread,

- 一般在麵包周圍。

but it can be found on a variety of packages

但它可以在各種包中找到。

from produce to potatoes.

從農產品到洋芋。

We sell billions of Kwik Loks a year, billlllions.

我們每年賣出幾十億的Kwik Loks，十億。

(group laughing)

（組笑）

- [Narrator] The invention of the little

- [旁白]發明的小

closures that could dates back

封閉，可以追溯到

to their Grandfather, Floyd Paxton.

他們的祖父，弗洛伊德・帕克斯頓。

- The story certainly is

- 這個故事當然是

that our Grandfather whittled his first Kwik Lok

我們的外公削出了他的第一塊權樂牌

out of a credit card.

出的信用卡。

Whether or not that is actual fact

無論這是否是實際的事實

will probably never be discovered.

可能永遠不會被發現。

- [Narrator] But the bag closure business

- [旁白]但封包業務

isn't all fun and games.

不是所有的樂趣和遊戲。

- I would say our biggest competition

- 我想說，我們最大的競爭

is the wire tie.

是線束。

You know the thing that you twist,

你知道你扭曲的東西。

that you can't untwist or get it all mixed up.

你不能解開或弄混了。

- [Narrator] Oh, yeah, those things.

- [旁白]哦，是的，這些東西。

Never thought about it, but if we're

從來沒有想過這個問題，但如果我們是。

being honest, I guess I never really thought

老實說，我想我從來沒有想過

about bag closures in general.

關於包包封口的一般情況。

- It's always so fun telling the story of the Kwik Lok.

- 講述權樂的故事總是那麼有趣。

It's this little plastic square closure

就是這個小塑膠方盒

that was invented in Yakima, Washington,

是在華盛頓州的雅基馬發明的。

and has gone from this little town

從這個小鎮上消失了

to being sold globally and internationally.

到銷往全球和國際。