Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., now part of Tempur Sealy International, is a manufacturer and distributor of

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es and

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s made from

viscoelastic foam Memory foam consists mainly of polyurethane with additional chemicals that increase its viscosity and density. It is often referred to as "viscoelastic" polyurethane foam, or low-resilience polyurethane foam ( LRPu). The foam bubbles or ‘cells� ...

. The company is headquartered on the

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and has manufacturing plants in Duffield, Virginia and

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. Tempur was originally based on

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's research to develop a material that would cushion aircraft seats and improve survivability in the event of an accident.

History

The first Tempur-Pedic mattress was introduced by

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, a

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technical foam firm. The brand was brought to the

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in 1992 and the company Tempur-Pedic, Inc. was founded. 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. In 2012, Tempur-Pedic and

Sealy Corporation Sealy (formerly the Sealy Corporation) is an American brand of mattresses marketed and sold by Tempur Sealy International. It draws its name from the city where the Sealy Corporation originally started, Sealy, Texas, United States. History In ...

announced plans to merge. Tempur-Pedic paid $228.6 million, but the two companies will operate separately. Tempur-Pedic won a 2009 Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) award for

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. In 2010, Tempur-Pedic announced its alliance with

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. Tempur-Pedic began outfitting four U.S. Ronald McDonald Houses with beds in 2009.

References

External links

Tempur-Pedic websiteTempur UK
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