The International Sleep Products Association welcomed more than 80 new members in 2013. ISPA membership continues to see healthy growth rates across all industry categories, including start-up companies, veteran mattress producers, components suppliers and manufacturers of accessories.
“ISPA helps its members address issues that a single company cannot manage alone,” said ISPA President Ryan Trainer. “Resources like ISPA Insider, ISPA Advocacy Alerts and the ISPA Wage Survey are valuable tools that members can use to tackle day-to-day business issues and for long-term planning.”
For nearly 100 years, ISPA programs and initiatives have supported and protected the mattress industry’s growth, profitability and stature. For example, as a result of advocacy efforts in 2013, ISPA helped the industry avoid costly new legal requirements, and instead negotiated much more practical, industry-lead efforts. As a result, ISPA recently established a nonprofit entity called the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) to manage mattress-recycling programs in California, Connecticut and Rhode Island. ISPA anticipates the MRC will be an essential factor in future mattress recycling activities in other parts of the country.
“2013 brought significant shifts in policy and business practices throughout the sleep products industry,” noted Mary Helen Uusimaki, ISPA’s vice president of membership and communications. “As the voice of the mattress industry, ISPA is at the forefront of advocating for industry policies and educating our members about how government policies can affect their businesses.”
Among the more than 80 new members who joined ISPA is supplier Radium Foam.
“Radium Foam joined ISPA because America is a clear growth market for us with a demand for premium comfort bedding products…,” said Ila Farshad, manager of business development for the company. “We want to make sure we receive all information on what is happening in the market, and we think that ISPA is sharing such information and actively works to the benefit of the bedding industry, for example on the recycling legislation.”
ISPA’s newest members include:
ALP Sewing
American Niagara
Bain & Co. Inc.
BeA Fasteners USA Inc.
Big Ass Fan Co.
Bio-Texima KFT
Blue Ocean Sleep LLC
Boycelik Metal AS
Brighi Tecnologie Italia
C3 Corporation
CAF Labels Inc.
Capital Bedding Company
Casa Nieto
Changshu DAFA Warp Knitting Co. Ltd.
Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
Clarity Advisors LLC
Colortex USA
Coverconf Srl
CTC US LLC
Cusbor SL
Custom8 NV
Divine Bedding / Brands for Less Inc.
Dow Chemical U.S.A.
Durak Tekstil San. ve Tic. AS
East Grace Corp.
Elfa International
Enso Sleep Systems
FEMA Italian Cutting Systems
Flex 2000 Produtos Flexiveis SA
Goldfully Bedroom Article Ltd.
Goodrich Merchandise Corp.
Hangzhou Bitao Yun Feng Decoration Fabric Factory
Hangzhou Dongya Textile Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Fang Zheng Weaving Ltd.
Hangzhou Helun Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Tianye Jacquard Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Rongli Clothing Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Xinyada Fabric Co. Ltd.
Heartland Mattress LLC
HHC USA Corp.
Intertek
Isbir Yatak
JSP New Market Development Group
Jumpsource
King Gloves
King-Hughes Fasteners
KKGF LLC, dba UT+C
Kucukler Texstil AS (Comfytex)
Lampe USA Inc.
Linea Strom
Loba-Wakol LLC
Macau Commercial & Industrial
Manwah Holdings
Markwell Florida Inc.
MECA Srl
Megaflex
MidWest Nonwovens
Mountain Air Organic Beds
NCFI Polyurethanes
Nomaco Inc.
Outlast Technologies
Pakpro Inc.
Piedmont Mattress Equipment
Quan Li Spring Hardware Co. Ltd.
Quarrata Forniture USA
Radium Foam B.V.
Response Computer Group Inc.
Savare Specialty Adhesives LLC
Shaoxing County Baoze Textile Co. Ltd.
Silver State Ind. Mattress Factory/Lovelock Correctional Center
Slumberzone New Zealand Ltd.
Sommeil Terre PTE Ltd.
Sound Sleep Products
Spring Mattress Manufacturer
Sunkist Chemical Machinery Ltd.
Supreme Springs
United Mattress Materials
Vanderbilt Chemicals LLC
Vast Sight Co. Ltd.
Wellcool Cushion Technology Co. Ltd.
Wuhan Golden Laser Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Hya Industry Co. Ltd.
