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History

In 1755 James and Patrick Clark began a loom equipment and silk thread business in Paisley, Scotland. In 1806 Patrick Clark invented a way of twisting cotton threads together to substitute for silk threads which were unavailable due to France's blockade of Great Britain and opened the first plant for manufacturing the cotton thread in 1812. Several years later James Coats opened a cotton mill and his sons, James & Peter, took up the business under the name of J. & P. Coats. In 1864 the Clark family began manufacturing in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. In 1890 Coats listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 1952 J. & P. Coats and the Clark Thread Co. merged to become Coats & Clark Inc. in the United States. In 1960 a merger with Patons and Baldwins created Coats Patons. In 2003 the Guinness Peat Group plc took Coats Ltd private and it is now registered as "Coats plc". A Turkish woman in Konya works at a traditional loom. ... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ... Paisley (Pàislig in Scottish Gaelic) is a large town, and former royal burgh in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... A blockade is an effort usually (but not always, see below) at sea, to prevent supplies from reaching the enemy. ... Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]    - City 67. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ...

Companies

Coats plc does business under different names in different countries but most variations include "Coats". For example, in the U.S., it does business as "Coats & Clark, Inc." (consumer) and "Coats American, Inc." (industrial). In the UK and Ireland, it does business as "Coats (UK) Ltd", in Canada as "Coats Canada Inc" (and has an industrial subsidiary "Coats Bell"), and as "Coats Australian Pty Ltd" in Australia. Coats in Egypt does business as "Coats Egypt".

Products

Coats makes and sells thread, yarn, filters, specialty textiles and related goods.

Brands

• Dual Duty Plus®
• Red Heart®
• TLC®
• Anchor®
• J & P Coats®
• South Maid®
• Susan Bates®
• Aunt Lydia®
• Fiskars®
• Velcro®
• Milward®
• Prym®
• Sylko®

References

• Coats official website
• Coats plc official website
• Coats & Clark Inc. official website
• 2004 Annual Report (pdf)