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Tempur-Pedic

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., part of Somnigroup International[1] (formerly Tempur Sealy International), is a manufacturer and distributor of mattresses and pillows made from viscoelastic foam. The company is headquartered on the Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington, Kentucky,[2] and has manufacturing plants in Duffield, Virginia; and Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3][4]

History

The first Tempur-Pedic mattress was introduced by Fagerdala World Foams, a Swedish technical foam firm. The brand was brought to the US in 1992 and the company Tempur-Pedic, Inc. was founded.[7] Nine distributors of Fagerdala, including Tempur-Pedic, Inc., merged in 1999 to form Tempur World Holding Company, reformed in 2002 as Tempur-Pedic International Inc. The company went public in 2003.[9] In 2012, Tempur-Pedic and Sealy Corporation announced plans to merge.[10] Tempur-Pedic paid $228.6 million, but the two companies operate separately.[11] The acquisition was completed March 18, 2013, and the company's name became Tempur Sealy International, Inc. on May 22, 2013.[4]

Mattresses made of TEMPUR material earned the Good Housekeeping Seal,[12] were awarded a Consumers Digest "best buy" as well as an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation.[13]

Price fixing settlement

In 2015, Tempur-Pedic's German subsidiary was fined €15.5 million by the German Federal Cartel Office for engaging in vertical price fixing between August 2005 and July 2011.[14][15]

See also

  • Foam mattress
  • Foam rubber
  • Sleep hygiene

External links

References

  1. Company Profile somnigroup.com, Somnigroup International, retrieved 2026-01-15^
  2. Tempur Sealy Fast Facts tempursealy.com, Tempur World, LLC, 2026, retrieved 2026-01-15^
  3. What We Believe help.tempurpedic.com, Tempur-Pedic North America, LLC, retrieved 2026-01-15^
  4. Tempur+Sealy: Investor FAQ investor.tempursealy.com, Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC, 2017, retrieved 2026-01-15^
  5. Tempur-Pedic History Page tempurpedic.com, retrieved 2012-07-12^
  6. Space Foundation Space Certification Products spaceconnection.org, retrieved 2012-07-12^
  7. Arlene Weintraub. Sweet Dreams Are Made Of Foam Business Week, August 15, 2008, retrieved 2026-01-15^
  8. Product Brands somnigroup.com, Somnigroup International, retrieved 2026-01-15^
  9. Tempur-Pedic is IPO of the week MarketWatch.com, Renaissance Capital, retrieved 27 November 2015^
  10. Nick Mason. Tempur-Pedic User Reviews sleepaider.com, retrieved 27 November 2015^
  11. Richard M. Barron. Tempur-Pedic buys Trinity-based Sealy for $228.6 million in cash News & Record, September 28, 2012^
  12. Bed and Bath Products — Good Housekeeping Seal goodhousekeeping.com^
  13. Ease of Use arthritis.org, Arthritis Foundation, retrieved 2012-07-12^
  14. Tempur Sealy International settles with Germany's Federal Cartel Office thefurnishingreport.com, 23 October 2015, retrieved 24 January 2023^
  15. Martin Krause. Steinhagener Matzratzenhersteller Tempur muss 15,5 Millionen Euro Bußgeld zahlen Neue Westfälische, 22 October 2015, retrieved 24 January 2023^