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Ecosleep Deliveries 99.9% Pure

By Home Furnishings Business in Bedding on April 15, 2010

Specialty sleep manufacturer Durable Products Company, Fort Atkinson, Wis., announced that the unique flat-seal packaging technology it has been perfecting over the past decade has resulted in a 99.9 percent recovery rate for 2009.

A study of the company€™s 2009 sales of EcoSleep products showed a near-zero return rate, which DPC attributed to a heavily researched combination of packaging quality and domestically sourced materials. The company developed the EcoSleep line in conjunction with the technology, aiming to eliminate a number of issues commonly found with traditional packaging methods.
 
"We took a decade-long, logistics-backward approach to developing our EcoSleep line and found we could reinvent the traditional torque-compressed approach used by the majority of our competitors to eliminate strain on the product, damages, returns and unhappy customers," said DPC Vice President of sales, Mike Schweiger. "We searched the globe for our compression system and engineered the comfort and support layers to work with it."
 
DPC addressed two common issues associated with torque-compressed and rolled systems that are widely used in the industry: breaks and "soft spots" in the softer layers foam and products not recovering fully.
 
DPC€™s flat-seal technology requires special equipment to compress the mattress to a uniform density before sealing and rolling. When compared with traditional torque-compression and vacuum-sealing systems, this system consistently preserved the structural integrity of the whole mattress without creating undue stress on the mattress components.  Mattresses completely recovered to their original shape and size quickly and without defect.
 
Each EcoSleep component was designed to work with the technology.
 
Unlike other vacuum seal methods, which cause air to rush through the foam in its weakest point, straining the less dense areas of the foam core, DPC's flat-seal system shrinks the foam evenly resulting in a uniform density for the whole surface. This minimizes the stress which would often result in breaks or "soft spots" in the less dense foam layers.
 
Comprised of castor oil and recycled foam polymers, EcoSleep's odorless patented foams emit no scent during the mattress' recovery process in the consumer's home. In manufacturing the foams, EcoSleep goes beyond meeting the strict guidelines enforced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by using a carbon-activated air filtration system to further protect the environment. 
 
EcoSleep will present its full collection during High Point Market in IHFC-M610.



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