Christy (towel manufacturer)

Christy UK

Industry	Home Textiles
Founded	1850
Founders	William Miller Christy Henry Christy
Products	Towels Bedlinen
Parent	Welspun India
Website	http://www.christy.co.uk

Christy (also known as Christy UK and Christy Towels) is a manufacturer of household linens and is known as the inventor of the first industrially produced looped cotton (terrycloth) towel. It was founded in 1850 in the English mill town of Droylsden, Lancashire (now part of Greater Manchester).