At its annual meeting Thursday, Tempur-Pedic International shareholders approved changing the company’s name to Tempur Sealy International Inc., the Associated Press has reported. The name change follows Tempur-Pedic’s purchase of…
Bedding producer Symbol Mattress, which has headquarters in Richmond, Va., has agreed to purchase the assets of employee-owned mattress manufacturer Fraenkel, an Englander licensee in Olive Branch, Miss. Symbol President…
Mattress tape supplier AEC Narrow Fabrics, which is headquartered in Asheboro, N.C., has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification for its two North Carolina manufacturing facilities. ISO 9001:2008 is a quality management…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2013 Contact: Karin Mahoney kmahoney@sleepproducts.org” (703) 683-8371, ex 1131 Connecticut Senate Approves Mattress Recycling Bill (Alexandria, VA) – The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) successfully…
Ohio Mattress Recovery & Recycling in Garfield, Ohio, announced it was awarded a $75,000 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on May 4, enabling it to continue its mattress…
FR yarns manufacturer Alessandra Yarns, based in Hickory, N.C., has hired textile industry veteran Karsten Siewert as sales manager. He reports to David Clark, principal of parent company the Sumlin…
The 2012 Mattress Industry Report of Sales and Trends is now available electronically to ISPA members on the ISPA website. In 2012, the mattress industry continued its upward trend in…
The International Sleep Product Association‘s First Quarter 2013 Bedding Barometer reports year-to-date unit shipments and wholesale revenues decreased by 3.2% and 3.3%, respectively, over 2012 levels. Average unit price for…
Pressure-mapping technology provider XSENSOR Technology Corp. will officially launch the Reveal system at Interzum Cologne May 13-16 in Cologne, Germany. Reveal is powered by the Calgary, Alberta-based company’s X3 pressure-mapping…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2013 Contact: Karin Mahoney kmahoney@sleepproducts.org (703) 683-8371, ex 1131 CONNECTICUT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES BILL TO CREATE NATION’S FIRST MATTRESS RECYCLING PROGRAM (Alexandria, VA) – On…
