Fabric For Shoes

Coats is the global market leader in supplying highly engineered structural components and performance threads to the footwear industry.

Following the acquisition of Texon and Rhenoflex, new Coats Footwear now has a complete range of footwear components to meet your needs, from heel counters to toe puffs and everything in-between. Through our technologically diverse product portfolio, we can cater to both current and future trends, setting new standards in the process, turning customer ideas into a reality and accelerating sustainability.

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We specialize in footwear structural components and lifestyle accessories.
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Bringing together the best of the three companies, Coats Footwear offers more than 450+ different products for manufacturers to choose from. Unparalleled in its breadth, the range covers a vast array of materials and components needed to assemble a pair of shoes.

Rhenoprint™

A 100% waste free production process, nearly every shape is feasible with production sites across the globe.

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ProWeave

A revolutionary jacquard weaving technology that’s transforming the way performance materials are made and how they look, feel and function.

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Vogue

Long recognised as a popular alternative to leather, up to 70% bio-based content and available in a wide range of colours, thickness and finishes.

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Ediflex

An extruded, thermoplastic, reinforcement material that provides a soft and elastic toe puff on a polyester non-woven.

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Ecostrobe

Made with 100% recycled PET and fusion-bonding technology that removes the need for chemicals or water.

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Reform 2.0

A 100% recyclable thermoplastic solution with an extruded file central core.

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Featured Products

From structural components to upper materials, and insoles and threads, customers can now benefit from more technologies than ever before.
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CoatsKnit AWF
CoatsKnit AWF is a textured filament yarn with a durable PFC-free anti-wick finish that stops moisture in its tracks.
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CoatsKnit Eco H
CoatsKnit Eco H is created using a blend of hemp and lyocell.
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CoatsKnit Protect+
CoatsKnit Protect+ spun yarns are an inherent anti-microbial solution built into product DNA, inhibiting the growth of microbes in or on fabrics while providing all-day freshness.
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Nylbond
Bonded nylon thread provides superior abrasion resistance in the sewn product
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Gral
High tenacity sewing thread with excellent abrasion resistance, ideal for sewing leather footwear.
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Drybond AWF
An eco-friendly anti-wicking thread for water-resistant footwear and outdoor goods
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Lattice and Lattice Lite
Coats Lattice and Lattice Lite technology perfectly complements our range of Synergex composite fibres by maximising performance and eliminating waste.
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Lattice Lite Eco
A revolutionary fibre-laying technology that uses eco-friendly raw materials like recycled carbon, basalt fibre or thermoplastics for unbeatable sustainability in active and safety footwear.
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To know more about Texon and Rhenoflex, please visit.
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Tools

We offer a wide range of tools and value-added services to help our customers.
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Our innovative digital product catalog
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Thread sampling service for industrial sewing thread
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Tool for utilising your excess thread stocks
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Find your industrial thread products in Coats Core Offer
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Helps rapidly calculate different count systems
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Your trusted thread consumption calculator - in the Cloud
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The innovative yarn blend calculator application for personal protection
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Makes thread ordering easier and faster
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Coats Embroidery Design Viewer; view, transform, save and send embroidery designs.
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Increase your productivity in factory sewing lines
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FAQs

Select a topic below to see related 'Frequently Asked Questions'. If you don’t find the answers you're looking for, use our contact form to e-mail your information request to the appropriate Coats contact.

  1. Check your presser foot has enough pressure applied to the fabric to give positive feed.
  2. Check and clear your feed dogs of any lint that may have built up.
  3. Check and adjust the height of the feed dogs.
  4. Check your stitch length regulator as it may be set to zero stitch length.
  5. Check the thread tension as it may be loose and the thread may be clogging under the presser foot.
  6. Check your needle plate to ensure it is fixed securely.

Coats does not recommend of adding any additional lubricant/silicone on thread. Thread colour may change, it can create large variation of frictions, causing oil stain. Also, atomised silicone may become a health issue if inhaled by operators / machinists.

The dye uptake depends on many parameters such as cotton type, quality, finish etc. and any difference in these parameters between the fabric and thread will result in shade difference.

To improve seam elongation it is possible to increase the stitch rating per cm or inch, increase the bite, reduce the needle / looper tensions on affected seams or change thread types used.

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