Coats Digital is pleased to announce the appointment of Kunal Kapur as the new Managing Director of Coats Digital to continue the rapid growth of its global business.
Kunal was appointed by Coats Group, the world’s leading industrial thread manufacturer to captain the helm at Coats Digital, and spearhead a programme of rapid growth for Coats Digital – a unique, multi-faceted technology business that optimises and accelerates the necessary and urgent digital transformation of the fashion industry.
Mr Kapur has a broad and extensive experience within the apparel and footwear industry. He has played senior global commercial, general management, marketing, key account management and technical roles at Coats Group since he started as a Management Trainee, at Coats’ India office, in 2003. He has been responsible for executing large-scale projects to streamline business priorities across Coats’ global markets and has led commercial teams and technical service operations throughout the business.
Kapur holds a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from University of Delhi (India) and an MBA from S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research (India).
Kanul Kapur, Managing Director, Coats Digital said: “I am absolutely delighted to have joined such an incredible team of industry experts and share my own in-depth knowledge and experience to ensure Coats Digital successfully navigates the next chapter of its rapid journey of growth. I look forward to continuing to ramp up our efforts to accelerate positive industry disruption by expanding our ecosystem further with exciting new offerings and enhanced capabilities.
“We are making a big move towards cloud based computing and new, ground-breaking SaaS products that will significantly fuel our growth, so we will be very busy this year with a number of industry-changing product launches that will incorporate AI and consolidate various best-in-breed products together, so that information can flow even more seamlessly and provide greater insights to customers. Watch this space!”
About Coats Digital
Coats Digital is the leading digital transformation partner for the fashion supply chain, powering sustainable processes and high value insights through connected technologies. We leverage deep industry and technology expertise to help brands and manufacturers optimise, connect and accelerate business critical processes from design and development to method-time-cost optimisation, production planning and control, fabric optimisation and shop floor execution.
Used in over 3,000 factories globally, our unmatched end-to-end apparel, footwear and textile software and SaaS solutions improve agility, speed to market, efficiency, transparency and sustainability.
Coats Digital is the software business of Coats Group, the world’s leading industrial thread company and a trusted industry player.
