Coats Group plc is a British multinational company. It is the world's largest thread and structural components' manufacturer for apparel, footwear, and performance materials. Founded over 250 years ago, the UK-based company has operations across 50 countries with a workforce of over 17,000 employees.
Ferguslie Thread Mills
1887 chromolithograph advertisement for J & P. Coats Best Six Cord thread
Paisley is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Water, a tributary of the River Clyde.
Paisley town centre with White Cart Water. Taken from Seedhill.
Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, Paisley, Scotland, ca. 1890–1900.
The Anchor Mills (1886) – a remnant of Paisley's Victorian industrial heritage.
View of Paisley from Saucelhill Park including the now converted Seedhill Mill