Coats America – Charlotte

Description

Coats is the world’s leading industrial thread company. Headquartered in the UK, we have a workforce of 18,000 in some 50 countries, across six continents around the world. Harnessing talent and technology in textile – for over 200 years, we have worked to harness talent and technology in textiles to enhance people’s lives—touching everything from sewing thread to medical sutures and fiber optic cables, from high performance threads used in planes, automobiles and safety equipment to the yarns, fabrics and accessories that inspire create crafters around the world. Coats has an extensive network of apparel manufacturers and sector players which means it is uniquely positioned to provide an industry matchmaker role to rapidly mobilise the work of the Task Force. It will connect its customers who are switching to PPE production to the Task Force which will enable them to find potential outlets for their products. Coats will provide high quality threads, trims, specialist products, technical support and services as well as guidance on adhering to PPE regulation to manufacturers switching their operations. It will also introduce its raw material suppliers that produce materials for use in the production of PPE.