written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message tempur pedic international inc. type subsidiary industry mattresses and pillows founded 1992 ; 24 years ago 1992 headquarters coldstream research campus lexington kentucky united states parent tempur sealy international 2012 present website www.tempurpedic.com tempur pedic international inc. 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 and has manufacturing plants in duffield virginia albuquerque new mexico and san salvador el salvador . 1 2 tempur was originally based on nasa s research to develop a material that would cushion aircraft seats and improve survivability in the event of an accident . 2 3 the first tempur pedic mattress was introduced by fagerdala world foams a swedish technical foam firm . the brand was brought to the united states in 1992 and the company tempur pedic inc. was founded . 4 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 . 5 in 2012 tempur pedic and sealy corporation announced plans to merge to form the world s largest bedding company . 6 tempur pedic paid 228.6 million but the two companies will operate separately . 7 tempur pedic won a 2009 electronic retailing association era award for direct marketing . 8 in 2010 tempur pedic announced its alliance with ronald mcdonald house charities . 9 tempur pedic began outfitting four u.s. ronald mcdonald houses with beds in 2009 . verification needed see also edit sleep hygiene memory foam mattress unboxing foam rubber helix sleep sunday mattresses references edit what we believe . tempur pedic north america llc . retrieved 2014 06 22 . a b tempur sealy investor faq . tempur pedic management llc . retrieved 2014 06 22 . nasa spinoff database . sti.nasa.gov . retrieved 2012 07 12 . business week august 15th 2008 . businessweek.com . 2005 08 14 . retrieved 2012 07 12 . tempur pedic is ipo of the week . marketwatch . retrieved 27 november 2015 . auer joe . tempur pedic reviews . mattress clarity . retrieved 27 november 2015 . richard m. barron tempur pedic buys trinity based sealy for 228.6 million in cash news & record september 28 2012 . era announces winners of its annual awards honoring industry s best direct response campaigns . digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com . 2009 09 17 . retrieved 2012 05 21 . tempur pedic r joins forces with ronald mcdonald house charities r . kentucky pr newswire . retrieved 2012 07 12 . external links edit tempur pedic website v t e north american mattress manufacturers casper dorel king koil sealy select comfort serta shifman simmons spring air tempur pedic therm a rest leggett & platt saatva coordinates 38 05 20 n 84 31 08 w 38.0888 n 84.5190 w 38.0888 ; 84.5190 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tempur pedic & oldid 739961234 categories companies based in lexington kentuckycompanies listed on the new york stock exchangeretail companies of the united statesmajor north american mattress manufacturershidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2014all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall pages needing factual verificationwikipedia articles needing factual verification from november 2015coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisnederlandsnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 05 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view