Coats Group plc (Bristol, U.K.) is an industrial thread company that provides products, services and software solutions to the apparel and footwear industries. It also develops high-performance ...

Coats is now famed for its high-performance materials used in a range of clothing. It first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1890, when its innovative cotton and threads and yarns were used ...

Coats makes industrial thread – and lots of it. According to one fund manager, its factories make enough thread every three hours to stretch to the moon and back. It has 34,000 customers in 100 ...