Coats Launches Hemseal, an Adhesive Thread for Fabrics

Coats plc, the worlds leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, is launching Hemseal, a new product delivering additional fixing qualities to the hems of tailored garments. The adhesive thread has a low melt portion which adheres to fabrics when pressed under heat, helping to hold hems in place even if the stitching fails.

Blind stitching hems of garments produces a neat, unobtrusive hem line but, because it is a chain stitch using a single thread, it can easily unravel and cause the hem to drop down. Hemseal is used as part of the hem construction and can also be reactivated by repressing.

Rajiv Sharma, CEO, Industrial Division, Coats plc said: The advantage of Hemseal is that the hem remains in place even if the blind stitch used to sew it unravels. This helps enhance the durability of the garment and will reduce those annoying instant hem drops that can happen in clothing like tailored suits and school uniforms. Hemseal can be used on most types of fabrics ? including heavier ones requiring additional seam adhesion where it can be incorporated in the overlock stitching.

About Coats

With a rich heritage dating back to the 1750s, Coats is amongst the worlds 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. Its well-known brands and strong relationships with customers and consumers mean our products and services meet current and future needs. Its 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 fiber optics.

Source: Coats