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2 funds in our archive have pitched Coats Group — most recently Vela International Fund in September 2025.

Company profile

Coats Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies industrial threads worldwide. The company provides apparel and footwear, and accessories threads for sport/athleisure, denim, women wear, menswear, children's wear, leather wear, workwear, footwear, and intimates and underwear under Epic, Dual Duty, Seamsoft, Nylbond, Gral, Gramax, Astra, Sylko, Knit, EcoVerde, Eloflex, and Drybond brands; zips, trims, and crafting's for use in zips, interlinings, reflective tapes, and crafting products under Opti, Signal, and Connect brands; and software solutions that enables supply chain productivity gains and enhances supply and facilitating compliance under Coats Digital, FastReactPlan, VisionPLM, GSDCost, Intellocut, and Intellobuy. It also offers performance materials comprising fire retardant and cut resistant threads and yarns for personal protection sectors under Firefly, FlamePro, and Armoren brands; composites for telecommunications and energy, automotive, and footwear sectors under Gotex, Synergex, Lattice, Ultrabloc, Aptan XU, Gral Binder, and Protos Ripcord brands; and performance threads and yarns for the automotive, and household and recreation industries, as well as other technical industrial applications under Gral, Helios, Gral Quilt, Protos Fil, Epic, Gramax, Admiral, and Neophil brands. The company was formerly known as Guinness Peat Group plc and changed its name to Coats Group plc in March 2015. Coats Group plc was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Uxbridge, the United Kingdom.

Fund coverage · 2 theses

  • Vela International Fund
    September 2025

    Coats Group is a 250-year-old leader in the global thread industry, now expanding into the footwear market with strategic acquisitions and a focus on enhancing margins for faster earnings growth.

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  • Artemis UK Special Situations Fund
    September 2025

    Coats is the global leader in industrial threads, recently strengthening its growth platform through the $770m acquisition of insole technology provider Ortholite.

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