No, from the article: "Without them, YKK had to rethink every step of production The teeth were redesigned, the manufacturing process rewritten, and new machi

No, from the article: "Without them, YKK had to rethink every step of production The teeth were redesigned, the manufacturing process rewritten, and new machinery developed to attach the closure to garments. “The absence of the tape posed various production challenges,” Nishizaki says."