The bedding industry focuses on health and environmental matters, and is as such co-operating with the European Commission and other European associations representing related industries, supply chains, client sectors.

Bedding Industry

Mattress Technologies

 

The main technologies on the European market are foam (PUR), springs and latex.

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Overall, spring mattresses have traditionally been the dominant technology, though PUR is continually and considerably closing the gap.  Nevertheless, preferences for a certain technology vary from country to country.
As regards bed bases, slat bases are by far the dominant product, with boxsprings a distant second.