• Inside Sealy's regulatory lab mattresses meet flames

  David Perry, December 6, 2011
  ARCHDALE, N.C. — I lit a couple of fires at Sealy the other day. And those fires led to a burning mattress and foundation.  More

• Fire report recommends sprinklers, building codes for furniture stores

  Furniture Today Staff, March 28, 2011
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — The National Institute of Standards and Technology wrapped up a report last week on a tragic furniture store fire here by urging sprinklers and a national building and fire safety code for new and existing furniture stores, the local Post & Courier newspaper reported.  More

• New boiler rule easier, cheaper

  Heath E Combs, March 25, 2011
  HIGH POINT — U.S. companies with domestic furniture factories appear pleased with new Clean Air Act rules recently released by the Environmental Protection Agency for industrial boilers that use wood waste as fuel.  More

• Less costly boiler rule OK'd

  Heath E. Combs, March 4, 2011
  WASHINGTON — New Clean Air Act rules released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week for industrial boilers that use wood waste are likely to be much less costly for the industry than the rules initially proposed last year.  More

• Lawsuit: Polyurethane foam prices fixed

  David Perry, November 3, 2010
  STATESVILLE, N.C. - Several lawsuits filed in recent weeks allege that major North American foam producers engaged in an antitrust conspiracy to fix foam prices and to allocate customers.  More

• Report: Ikea to change flame retardant chemical

  Furniture Today Staff, June 25, 2010
  HIGH POINT — An Ikea official said the Swedish home furnishings retailer is phasing out all chlorinated tris type flame retardants in its products by this fall, according to a blog by Slate.com reporter Florence Williams.  More

• Loyal Bedding mattress sets recalled for fire risk

  David Perry, June 30, 2009
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of about 2,700 sleep sets produced by Loyal Bedding of Miami and distributed in Puerto Rico by Guaynabo Industrial.  More

• Lilly Group offers mattress compliance certificate

  David Perry, October 30, 2008
  ST. CHARLES, Ill. — The Lilly Management Group is offering a new certificate of compliance program designed to help U.S. mattress producers meet the requirements of a new Consumer Product Safety Commission standard regarding mattress flammability that takes effect Nov. 12.  More

• Serta recalls mattresses over flammability

  Larry Thomas, October 28, 2008
  WASHINGTON — Bedding major Serta International has voluntarily recalled about 6,100 polyurethane foam mattresses that don't meet new federal flammability standards that went into effect last year, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.  More

• Study: Furniture FR rule leads to toxins

  Heath Combs, October 3, 2008
  NEWTON, Mass. - A new study reports that because of California's furniture flammability standard, the state's residents and their homes contain high levels of the toxic flame retardant PBDE.  More

• Readers air views on FR, ISPA numbers, price hikes

  David Perry, Executive Editor, August 3, 2008
  Today my readers get their say. My June 16 column about setting the record straight on the safety of fire-resistant mattresses provoked one reader to blast me for writing "a false article on the FR chemicals in mattresses." My critic continued: "Since you are not interested in the facts, I won't waste my time sharing them here.  More

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