English Sewing Cotton Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Alexander, R F & J, & Co Ltd
- American Thread Co
- Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd
- Calico Printers' Association Ltd
- English Calico Ltd
- ICI Ltd
- Courtaulds Ltd
- Tootal Ltd
- Coats Viyella Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Textile production
Thread production, esp for sewing
Notes:
Established 1897 to acquire 14 businesses involved in sewing thread and yarn manufacture. 1898 acquired R F & J Alexander & Co Ltd and control of American Thread Co, a leading US producer. Emerged as one of the two largest sewing thread manufacturers in UK. Major post 1945 acquisitions included Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd in 1963. 1968 merged with Calico Printers' Association Ltd to form English Calico Ltd with ICI Ltd and Courtaulds Ltd acquiring substantial interests. 1973 renamed Tootal Ltd and later part of Coats Viyella Plc
Publications:
- Derwent Valley Mills by Unknown
- English Sewing Cotton Co Ltd by Unknown
- '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
- Through the Eye of a Needle. The story of the English Sewing Cotton Company by Blyth, Henry Edward
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Alexander, R F & J, & Co Ltd
- American Thread Co
- Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd
- Calico Printers' Association Ltd
- English Calico Ltd
- ICI Ltd
- Courtaulds Ltd
- Tootal Ltd
- Coats Viyella Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Textile production Thread production, esp for sewing
Notes:
Established 1897 to acquire 14 businesses involved in sewing thread and yarn manufacture. 1898 acquired R F & J Alexander & Co Ltd and control of American Thread Co, a leading US producer. Emerged as one of the two largest sewing thread manufacturers in UK. Major post 1945 acquisitions included Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd in 1963. 1968 merged with Calico Printers' Association Ltd to form English Calico Ltd with ICI Ltd and Courtaulds Ltd acquiring substantial interests. 1973 renamed Tootal Ltd and later part of Coats Viyella PlcPublications:
- Derwent Valley Mills by Unknown
- English Sewing Cotton Co Ltd by Unknown
- '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
- Through the Eye of a Needle. The story of the English Sewing Cotton Company by Blyth, Henry Edward