Posted January 26, 2016

 

UXBRIDGE, England – Coats Group plc, one of the world’s leading industrial and consumer textile crafts business, announced a global sales partnership between GSD and Mr Engineer.

 

GSD (Corporate) Ltd, which is part of Coats Global Services, has signed an exclusive agreement with Mr Engineer to market its solutions to the international sewn products industry.

 

Mr Engineer is a real-time monitoring solution that combines engineering best practice with strategic tools to increase operator productivity and efficiency. By mapping operator practice and performance against an established cycle time, it captures and quantifies down time, tracking every cycle to provide an accurate picture of operator pace and identify areas for improvement.

 

Mr Engineer’s software and hardware work as one to increase operator productivity, manage costs and improve quality across a wide range of factory operations. The software has recently been upgraded with new technologies and enhanced features and is a natural fit with GSD.

 

“This is an important next step in the expansion of the range of business solutions that GSD provides the sewn products industry to increase productivity, develop technical skills and drive efficiency,” said Paul Timson, managing director, GSD.

 

Jerry Tew, president and CEO of Mr Engineer, added: “Our areas of expertise are highly complementary. Following Coats' acquisition of GSD, we are delighted to be associated with a company with such a strong and distinguished global presence. Our product has always championed the importance of the operator in manufacturing – something that fits well with the heritage and history of Coats – and we believe this agreement will enable us to reach a greater range of global manufacturers to help them maximize performance and output.”

 

While GSD (Corporate) Ltd will act as the primary sales conduit, Mr Engineer LLC will be responsible for ongoing product development and day-to-day global support. The partnership with Mr Engineer follows the announcement in May 2015 that Coats acquired 100% of GSD (Corporate) Ltd after a one-year successful strategic alliance.

 

Source: Coats Group