COA
24/06/2015 08:30
GENERAL
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REL: 0830 HRS Coats Group plc
GENERAL: COA: Capital Markets Day
23 June 2015
Coats Group plc
Capital Markets Day
Coats Group plc ('Coats' or the 'Company'), the world's leading industrial
thread and consumer textile crafts business, is hosting a Capital Markets Day
for investors and analysts in London this afternoon, where senior management
will share insights into the Coats business.
No material new information, forward looking financial information or update
on trading will be disclosed. The presentation will be made available on the
Company's website, www.coats.com, later today. Coats will release its half
year results on 3 August 2015.
Enquiry details
Jaideep Thatai | Head of Investor Relations | [email protected] | +44
20 8210 5086
Richard Mountain | FTI Consulting | [email protected] | +44
20 3727 1374
Geoff Senescall | [email protected] | +64 9 309 5659 (New
Zealand and Australia)
About Coats
With a rich heritage dating back to the 1750s, Coats is the world's leading
industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, at home in more than
70 countries, employing approximately 20,000 people across six continents.
Revenues in 2014 were US$1.7bn.
Our well-known brands and strong relationships with customers and consumers
mean our products and services meet current and future needs. Our
company-wide understanding of our business partners and consumers, coupled
with the deep expertise of our people, builds trust and certainty.
Coats' pioneering history and innovative culture ensure the company continues
leading the way around the world: providing complementary and value added
products and services to the apparel and footwear industries; extending the
crafts offer into new markets and online; and applying innovative techniques
to develop products in new areas such as tracer threads, aramids and fibre
optics.
o One in five garments on the planet is held together using Coats' thread
o More than 100 million car airbags are made using Coats' thread every year
o Coats produces enough yarn to knit 70 million scarves a year
o Every three hours Coats makes enough thread to go to the moon and back
o More than 450 million pairs of shoes are made every year using Coats'
thread
o In 1879 Thomas Edison used Coats' thread in his experiments to invent the
light bulb
o Every week over 10 billion teabags are brewed using Coats' thread
o Coats produces enough thread to reach around the Equator every ten minutes
o Thousands of surgical operations take place every day using Coats' thread
o Coats is the second largest and fastest growing global zip manufacturer
To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com
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