Tempur-Pedic
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Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX) is an American mattress and pillow company, based in Lexington, Kentucky, which produces products from the polyurethane-based memory foam material, TEMPUR. The company claims that the mattress system has therapeutic properties which relieve the pain some feel while sleeping.
The material used by Tempur-Pedic, called "visco-elastic memory foam," was originally designed for NASA for use in the U.S. Space Program and then was used by the medical community before becoming a consumer product. Because of the NASA association, the company uses the phrase, "The only mattress recognized by NASA and certified by the Space Foundation." However, there are similar "memory-foam" products on the market.
Tempur-Pedic mattresses are generally priced higher than standard mattresses, but the company offer a 20 year guarantee and claims that memory foam mattresses last much longer than coil spring mattresses.
In the United States, Tempur-Pedic is well known for its infomercials and regular TV commercials which feature actors claiming the material is revolutionary and has changed their lives. The company's advertising campaign consistently claims its products will offer the feeling of "sleeping on a cloud".
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Comfortaire - Dorel - King Koil - Restonic - Sealy - Select Comfort - Serta - Simmons - Spring Air - Tempur-Pedic - Therm-a-Rest - Leggett & Platt |
