Article: Specialty Manufacturers Are Winsted, Conn.'s Top Employers.

Article: Coats Acquires Barbour Threads.(Brief Article)
Tea & Coffee Trade Journal;  November 1, 1999 ;     591 words ...International thread manufacturer Coats Viyella has acquired Hicking Pentecost and its Barbour Thread division. Barbour's operations will be integrated with Coats' North American businesses; the new company will use the Coats name. "This is a fortuitous combination from both a strategic and

Article: Coats Thread Lanka to fight fakes and rid market of ...
Colombo Times;  June 1, 2009 ;     535 words ...Colombo, June 1 -- Coats Thread Lanka (CTL) today announced the ... Craft & Consumer Thread) of Coats Thread Lanka Suranjith Swaris said that ... where necessary", Swaris added. Coats Thread Lanka is a member of Coats Plc ...

Article: Coats Thread Lanka fight to rid market of ...
Daily Mirror;  June 2, 2009 ;     535 words ...Colombo, June 2 -- Coats Thread Lanka (CTL) today announced the ... Craft & Consumer Thread) of Coats Thread Lanka, Suranjith Swaris said that ... where necessary," Swaris added. Coats Thread Lanka is a member of Coats PLC ...

Article: Tough high-street trading takes its toll on Coats Viyella
Evening News - Scotland;  January 19, 2000 ;     487 words ... ... operations would be ahead of the previous financial year. The Coats thread-making division had been performing in line with expectations ... of last year had been resolved and the integration of the Barbour Threads business was progressing well. Coats acquired the Barbour ...

Article: US bid for thread firm Hicking all sewn up.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Wales-based Hicking, which includes Barbour Threads and Alan Paine and Straven knitwear ... and the long-term development of Barbour Threads. "The directors have decided unanimously ... manufacturing facilities for its main Barbour Threads business in the US state of Alabama ...

Article: A 200-year-old relic of the linen era gets a 21st century revamp
Belfast Telegraph;  December 17, 2009 ;     600 words ... ... for plans to transform the former Barbour Threads factory at Hilden Mill to provide ... Hilden for over two centuries. Owners Barbour Threads said the closure was due to the migration ... artist's impression of how the former Barbour Threads factory will look after the Pounds ...

Article: Relic of linen era to get 21st century revamp
Belfast Telegraph;  December 17, 2009 ;     366 words ... ... announced the go-ahead for plans to transform the former Barbour Threads factory at Hilden Mill to provide 600 new homes, office ... jobs." CAPTION: Artist's impression of how the former Barbour Threads factory will look after a Pounds 100m refurbishment