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Kingdom. Coats plc is the world’s leading
manufacturer and supplier of sewing materi-
als such as threads, yarns and an amazingly-
long string of other innovations spun among
the works of many industries.
Laurie, a graduate of the general manage-
ment program at Harvard Business School,
is quick to acknowledge that what primar-
ily sets Coats & Clark apart from the fray of
would-be competitors is “the strength and
heritage of the brand”. To fully appreciate
the deep history and diversity of this par-
ticular organization, it is important to first
account of the processes and products which
it has pioneered.
A STITCH IN TIME
The weaving together of Coats & Clark lin-
gers through the looms of yesteryear, all the
way back to the early 1800s in Paisley, Scot-