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Integrating our approach to Corporate Responsibility across our business operations
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Coats and Dr Martens
Holding together some of the world’s most iconic products
April 2013
'At home' in Antarctica
A land with our name all over it
January 2013
Protecting brand value
‘Coats Verifi’, a high-level security solution to combat counterfeit goods
July 2012
Joining couples in India
Coats thread is used in Hindu marriages across South India
May 2012
Coats and football in Brazil
How a Coats employee influenced the 'Beautiful Game' of Brazil
Coats knows colour
Coats has an unrivalled proprietary colour matching system
March 2012
Coats Opti Zips
Helping Timberland bring an innovative new shoe to market
Stitch Mountain
Red Heart team join forces with Jimmy Beans Wool
Coats Fusion
Attaching seams and buttons with no visible stitching
Global Training Centre
Providing seam solutions to the world's global brands