Coats is a world leader in thread manufacturing and structural components for apparel and footwear, as well as an innovative pioneer in performance materials. These critical solutions are used to create a wide range of products, including ones that provide safety and protection for people, data and the environment.

Trusted by the world's leading companies to deliver crucial, innovative, and sustainable solutions, we provide value-adding products including apparel, accessory and footwear threads, structural footwear components, fabrics, yarns and software applications.

With a proud heritage dating back more than 250 years and a spirit of evolution to constantly stay ahead of changing market needs, we have operations across some 50 countries with a workforce of over 17,000, serving our customers worldwide.

Headquarted in the UK, Coats connects talent, textiles, and technology, to make a better and more sustainable world.

Our Vision and Strategic Goals

Our vision is to be the global textiles leader and trusted partner delivering innovation, digital and sustainable solutions with lasting value to all stakeholders.

We have three strategic goals to work towards in order to achieve our vision.

•Profitable sales growth

•Continuing to strengthen the core

•Value creation

Our goals are underpinned by the following strategic enablers:

→Digital

To stay relevant, we recognise the need to evolve in new directions. This requires us to think ‘beyond the stitch line’ to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, to repurpose our products into new areas and use machine learning and artificial intelligence to inform new ways of operating, fit for the digital age.

→Innovation

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that big, bold, game-changing ideas are crucial to our success.

We continue to accelerate our innovation credentials and solutions to deliver tailored customer solutions to meet their design requirements.

→Sustainability

Sustainability has long been at the core of how we do business and is a key driver of our strategic decisions. Our sustainability agenda is important to all our stakeholders. Not only does it give us a competitive advantage, but it also allows us to help our customers with their own sustainability agendas.

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*Coats is named one of the World's Best Workplaces™. This prestigious recognition is awarded annually by Fortune and Great Place To Work® to the top 25 companies that are committed to fostering exceptional workplace cultures. 

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