Coats, J & P, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Coats, James
- Coats, Peter
- Coats, James
- Clark & Co Ltd
- Patons & Baldwins Ltd
- Coats, J & P, Paton & Baldwin Ltd
- Coats Patons Ltd
- Vantona Viyella
- Coats Viyella Plc
- Coats Plc
- Lodz Thread Manufacturing Co
- Ferguslie Mills
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- India
- Italy
- Paisley, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Poland
- Russia
Sectors:
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Wearing apparel & footwear production
Outerwear & underwear production
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Textile production
Thread production, esp for sewing
Notes:
Traces origins to James Coats, 1774-1857, who made Canton crape from early 19th century and thread from 1820s. The latter business passed to his sons, Peter and James. who traded as J & P Coats. 1845 built the very large Ferguslie Mill. Developed into a major business with a large export trade especially to USA where mills were built. Incorporated 1883 and floated 1890. 1896 amalgamated with other thread businesses, especially Clark & Co Ltd, also of Paisley. Expanded organically and by acquisition in 20th century, especially through takeover of Patons & Baldwins Ltd in early 1960s to form J & P Coats Paton & Baldwin Ltd. Renamed Coats Patons Ltd in 1967. 1986 merged with Vantona Viyella to form Coats Viyella Plc, later Coats Plc. Continuing in 2012
Publications:
- [Unpublished History of Coats] by Hunter, Jock
- Board minute books as a source for the study of a multinational enterprise. The case study of J & P Coats before 1914 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- British multinational enterprise in Latin America before 1945. The case of J & P Coats by Kim, Dong-Woon
- British multinational enterprise in the United States before 1914. The case of J & P Coats by Kim, Dong-Woon
- Coats and Clark. The binding thread of Paisley's history by Reilly, Valerie
- 'Coats Paton. A Scottish company in India' in S Maxwell (ed), Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World by Jeffery, Roger
- Coats the Threadmakers, 1830-1980. 150th Anniversary Exhibition by Unknown
- Early growth of Messrs J & P Coats, 1830-1883 by Cairncross, Alec K, & J B K Hunter
- Financial Control and Management by Committee at J & P Coats Ltd, 1890-1960 by Wallace, Kirsten
- Foreign participation in Russian economic life. Notes on British enterprise, 1865-1914' in G Guroff & F V Carstensen (eds), Entrepreneurship in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union by Carstensen, Fred V
- From a family partnership to a corporate company. J & P Coats, thread manufacturers by Kim, Dong-Woon
- From the Cottage to the Castle by Coats, Andrew
- Growth, development and management of J & P Coats Ltd, c1890-1960. An analysis of strategy and structure by Kininmonth, Kirsten W
- Hanging by a Thread. The Scottish cotton industry, c1850-1914 by Knox, William W
- Introduction and operation of standard costing at J & P Coats Ltd, 1925–1961. An institutional interpretation by McKinstry, Sam, Kirsten Kininmonth & Ken Mathieson
- J & P Coats as a multinational before 1914 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- J & P Coats in Europe before 1914 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- J & P Coats in Tsarist Russia, 1889-1917 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- 'J & P Coats Ltd in Poland' in A Teichova et al (eds), Historical Studies in International Corporate Business by Harris, Emma
- J & P Coats Ltd Report for 1910; with statements of profits for the past twenty years ... and a brief outline of its early history by Carey & Buckley
- Mergers and takeovers in the post war textile industry. The experience of hosiery and knitwear by Chapman, Stanley D
- Paisley Thread Industry and the Men Who Created and Developed It by Blair, Matthew
- Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World by Maxwell, Stephen (ed)
- Seams Sewn Long Ago. The story of Coats the threadmkers by Coats, Brian
- Six Cord Thread. The story of Coats and Clarks Paisley thread mills by Campbell, David (ed)
- 'Strategy and structure of cotton and steel enterprise in Britain, 1900-1939' in K Nakagawa (ed), Proceedings of the Fuji Conference, 1, 1974. Strategy and structure of big business by Yonekawa, Shin-ichi
- 'Structure of the British cotton industry, 1846-1914' in A Okochi & S Yonekawa (eds), The Textile Industry and its Business Climate by Farnie, Douglas A
- The Coats Story by Keir, David
- Weber's Protestant work ethic. A case study of Scottish entrepreneurs, the Coats family of Paisley by Kininmonth, Kirsten W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Coats, James
- Coats, Peter
- Coats, James
- Clark & Co Ltd
- Patons & Baldwins Ltd
- Coats, J & P, Paton & Baldwin Ltd
- Coats Patons Ltd
- Vantona Viyella
- Coats Viyella Plc
- Coats Plc
- Lodz Thread Manufacturing Co
- Ferguslie Mills
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- India
- Italy
- Paisley, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Poland
- Russia
Sectors:
- Wearing apparel & footwear production Outerwear & underwear production
- Textile production Thread production, esp for sewing
Notes:
Traces origins to James Coats, 1774-1857, who made Canton crape from early 19th century and thread from 1820s. The latter business passed to his sons, Peter and James. who traded as J & P Coats. 1845 built the very large Ferguslie Mill. Developed into a major business with a large export trade especially to USA where mills were built. Incorporated 1883 and floated 1890. 1896 amalgamated with other thread businesses, especially Clark & Co Ltd, also of Paisley. Expanded organically and by acquisition in 20th century, especially through takeover of Patons & Baldwins Ltd in early 1960s to form J & P Coats Paton & Baldwin Ltd. Renamed Coats Patons Ltd in 1967. 1986 merged with Vantona Viyella to form Coats Viyella Plc, later Coats Plc. Continuing in 2012Publications:
- [Unpublished History of Coats] by Hunter, Jock
- Board minute books as a source for the study of a multinational enterprise. The case study of J & P Coats before 1914 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- British multinational enterprise in Latin America before 1945. The case of J & P Coats by Kim, Dong-Woon
- British multinational enterprise in the United States before 1914. The case of J & P Coats by Kim, Dong-Woon
- Coats and Clark. The binding thread of Paisley's history by Reilly, Valerie
- 'Coats Paton. A Scottish company in India' in S Maxwell (ed), Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World by Jeffery, Roger
- Coats the Threadmakers, 1830-1980. 150th Anniversary Exhibition by Unknown
- Early growth of Messrs J & P Coats, 1830-1883 by Cairncross, Alec K, & J B K Hunter
- Financial Control and Management by Committee at J & P Coats Ltd, 1890-1960 by Wallace, Kirsten
- Foreign participation in Russian economic life. Notes on British enterprise, 1865-1914' in G Guroff & F V Carstensen (eds), Entrepreneurship in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union by Carstensen, Fred V
- From a family partnership to a corporate company. J & P Coats, thread manufacturers by Kim, Dong-Woon
- From the Cottage to the Castle by Coats, Andrew
- Growth, development and management of J & P Coats Ltd, c1890-1960. An analysis of strategy and structure by Kininmonth, Kirsten W
- Hanging by a Thread. The Scottish cotton industry, c1850-1914 by Knox, William W
- Introduction and operation of standard costing at J & P Coats Ltd, 1925–1961. An institutional interpretation by McKinstry, Sam, Kirsten Kininmonth & Ken Mathieson
- J & P Coats as a multinational before 1914 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- J & P Coats in Europe before 1914 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- J & P Coats in Tsarist Russia, 1889-1917 by Kim, Dong-Woon
- 'J & P Coats Ltd in Poland' in A Teichova et al (eds), Historical Studies in International Corporate Business by Harris, Emma
- J & P Coats Ltd Report for 1910; with statements of profits for the past twenty years ... and a brief outline of its early history by Carey & Buckley
- Mergers and takeovers in the post war textile industry. The experience of hosiery and knitwear by Chapman, Stanley D
- Paisley Thread Industry and the Men Who Created and Developed It by Blair, Matthew
- Scotland, Multinationals and the Third World by Maxwell, Stephen (ed)
- Seams Sewn Long Ago. The story of Coats the threadmkers by Coats, Brian
- Six Cord Thread. The story of Coats and Clarks Paisley thread mills by Campbell, David (ed)
- 'Strategy and structure of cotton and steel enterprise in Britain, 1900-1939' in K Nakagawa (ed), Proceedings of the Fuji Conference, 1, 1974. Strategy and structure of big business by Yonekawa, Shin-ichi
- 'Structure of the British cotton industry, 1846-1914' in A Okochi & S Yonekawa (eds), The Textile Industry and its Business Climate by Farnie, Douglas A
- The Coats Story by Keir, David
- Weber's Protestant work ethic. A case study of Scottish entrepreneurs, the Coats family of Paisley by Kininmonth, Kirsten W