Clark and Co (of Paisley)
1755 James and Patrick Clark began a loom equipment and silk thread business in Paisley, Scotland.
In 1806 Patrick Clark invented a way of twisting cotton threads together to substitute for silk threads which were unavailable due to France's blockade of Great Britain and opened the first plant for manufacturing the cotton thread in 1812.
1826 James Coats opened a cotton mill and his sons, James and Peter, took up the business under the name of J. and P. Coats.
In 1864 the Clark family began manufacturing in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
1879 Clark and Co and the Clark Thread Co of Paisley and Newark, exhibited in Sydney.
1896 The control of the businesses of Clark and Co, Jonas Brook and Brothers and James Chadwick and Brother were acquired by J. and P. Coats. [1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908