headquarters brunswick east victoria australia products pillows parent pacific brands website http www.tontine.com.au tontine is an australian manufacturer of pillows . the company began in 1870 . from 1984 2001 it was owned by pacific dunlop . in 2001 it was sold to create a separate entity . the tontine group is part of pacific brands . until 2007 the company s manufacturing base was at east brunswick victoria 1 it is now at campbellfield in victoria . tontine fibres is a division of united bonded fabrics a separate company manufacturing polyester insulation air filtration carpet underlays geotextiles and a range of mattress and furniture comfort products and using the tontine trademark under license . 2 the company began making flock and soft bedding . 1 tontine has been making pillows since 1956 . in 1963 the company launched the first polyester filled pillow in australia . 3 the company is the leading pillow producer in australia manufacturing half of all pillows sold in australia . 1 tontine manufactures pillows under its own brands and also under house brands for retailers . in 2002 it produced 3.6 million pillows per year . a former general manager of tontine claimed that tontine is unique in the world because it is a strong pillow brand in what is a commodity market she said . in other countries there is no market leader because manufacturers tended to stay in their local areas . 4 as the company is well known it is referenced in jokes . for example an australian legal newsletter said of an alleged swindler who padded his timesheets that at one stage pillow makers tontine were said to be interested in sponsoring him . 5 duvets in australia are known by the genericized trademark doona ; the brand name is owned by the tontine group . 6 the brand name was acquired by tontine in 1991 when pacific dunlop took over the northern feather company which until that time had been one of australia s largest manufacturers of feather and down filled pillows and quilts . 7 references edit a b c australia s most popular bedtime story . about the company . tontine group . archived from the original on 2006 10 10 . retrieved 2006 12 06 . tontine fibres about us . tontine fibres . archived from the original on 2006 10 10 . retrieved 2006 12 08 . tontine group . tontine group . 2006 . archived from the original on 2006 10 10 . retrieved 2006 12 08 . porter ian 2004 01 28 . the chief claims victory in pillow fight . business news . the age . retrieved 2006 12 07 . redlich v redlic corrs for tears . folklaw . lawyers weekly . 2003 09 11 . archived from the original on december 30 2004 . retrieved 2006 12 07 . buying guide duvets archived the jargon explained . choice magazine . retrieved 2006 12 07 . history of pacific dunlop ltd pdf . ansell . archived from the original pdf on 2006 08 10 . retrieved 2006 12 08 . external links edit company website this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tontine group & oldid 738473227 categories manufacturing companies of australiamanufacturing companies established in 18701870 establishments in australiamanufacturing company stubsaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 04 38 . 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