Standard Coosa-Thatcher Company


The Standard Coosa-Thatcher Company was a textile corporation founded in Piedmont, Alabama in 1891. It was publicly traded beginning in 1922. The firm is important because of its endurance for nearly a century and its expansion throughout the southeast United States and into the western United States.

History of textile business

Standard Coosa-Thatcher Company made a significant addition to its Chattanooga, Tennessee mill in 1925. It operated thirteen plants in California, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. In 1981 the enterprise generated $175.5 million in sales and net income of $1.5 million or $2.82 per share.
Owners of the concern agreed to be acquired by a group of company executives, with additional funding from Wolsey & Company, a New York City investment firm, in April 1982.
They resolved to reject a bid from Chicago, Illinois investor Clyde W. Engle, who offered $60 per share. Stockholders continued to debate whether to accept the $53 per share offered by Standard Coosa-Thatcher officials in July 1982