Herringbone Zips by Coats

Coats plc, the world’s leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, is launching a new range of zips featuring a herringbone (HB) pattern tape.  The tapes of the new Opti M HB zips are interwoven with polyester and cotton yarns to achieve the classic pattern.

The polyester absorbs the dye while the cotton just changes colour slightly which creates the herringbone effect and also provides a soft finish to the tape, similar to fabrics with this special weave.  The dyeing techniques can be varied so the product is available in a natural shade - which is suitable for post-dyed garments – as well as in the normal Coats’ colour range.  The puller and teeth have a brass finish. 

Rajiv Sharma, CEO, Industrial Division, Coats plc, said: ‘The herringbone pattern is a timeless look in fashion.  Our new zips provide a classic, elegant detail that can be used in a range of garments and applications.’

The main uses for Opti M HB zips are in fashion apparel, leather goods, handbags and luggage.

To find out more about Opti M HB zips go to:

http://www.coatsindustrial.com/en/products-applications/zips/opti-m-hb

About Coats

With a rich heritage dating back to the 1750s, Coats is the world's leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, at home in more than 70 countries, employing over 20,000 people across six continents. Revenues in 2013 were US$1.7bn.

Our well-known brands and strong relationships with customers and consumers mean our products and services meet current and future needs. Our company-wide understanding of our business partners and consumers, coupled with the deep expertise of our people, builds trust and certainty.

Coats’ pioneering history and innovative culture ensure the company continues leading the way around the world: providing complementary and value added products and services to the apparel and footwear industries; extending the crafts offer into new markets and online; and applying innovative techniques to develop products in new areas such as tracer threads, aramids and fibre optics.

• One in five garments on the planet is held together using Coats’ thread
• 100 million car airbags are made using Coats’ thread every year
• Coats produces enough yarn to knit 70 million scarves a year
• In three and a half hours, Coats makes enough thread to go to the moon and back
• 400 million pairs of shoes are made every year using Coats’ thread
• One million teabags using Coats’ thread are brewed every 10 minutes
• Thousands of surgical operations take place every day using Coats’ thread
• Thomas Edison used Coats’ thread in 1879 to invent the light bulb
• Coats produces enough thread to reach around the Equator every 11 minutes
• Coats is the second largest and fastest growing global zip manufacturer

To find out more about Coats visit www.coats.com

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