Sealy Corporation is an American owned major manufacturer of mattresses, based in Trinity, North Carolina, in the United States. The company draws its name from the city where it started, Sealy, Texas. In 1881, cotton gin builder Daniel Haynes lived in Sealy, Texas, located west of Houston. Haynes began making cotton-filled mattresses for his friends and neighbors. In 1889, he patented an invention that compressed cotton for use in his mattresses. Eventually the mattresses became so popular he was able to sell the patents to manufacturers in other markets. The term "Mattress from Sealy" was... coined to describe what was produced. During 1906, after much success as an advertising executive, Earl Edwards purchased the patents and gained manufacturing knowledge from Haynes. Edwards took the name "Sealy" for his new company and expanded it to a national market. Due to lack of funding for manufacturing, Sealy expanded using a licensing-expansion similar to Coca-Cola. By 1920, Sealy had 28 licensed plants and became the first mattress company to expand using a licensing program. During the Great Depression the mattress industry was hit hard.
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| NYSE symbol: | ZZ |
| Headquarters: | Seattle, Washington |
| Annual revenue: | $1,498,020,000 |
| Net income: | $-2,870,000 |
| Operating income: | $232,800,000 |
| Market cap: | $1,100,000,000 |
| Industries: | Manufacturing, Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing, Home Furnishings |