Join ISPA today and take advantage
of these valuable benefits for mattress manufacturers!
For nearly a century, the International Sleep Products Association’s mission has been to protect and enhance the growth, profitability and stature of the mattress manufacturing industry. Members turn to ISPA for valuable programs, products, and services designed to support their business operations and to help them develop business connections around the world.
Access to Valuable Global Business Connections
- ISPA members build and strengthen relationships with business partners from around the world through ISPA events such as the ISPA EXPO and the annual Industry Conference & Exhibition. These opportunities also help members stay abreast of news and trends affecting the industry. ISPA also sponsors the Bedding Centre at Interzum Cologne in Germany — allowing the mattress industry a gathering place at the largest international home furnishings manufacturing trade show in the world.
- ISPA members have exclusive access to industry information on ISPA’s Web site which includes ISPA’s member directory, worldwide mattress industry statistics,
and much more.
- As an ISPA manufacturer member, you will be connected with the world’s leading trade association for the mattress industry, with access to a global community of business partners. ISPA members receive an official ISPA membership certificate suitable for framing and displaying at their business
- By taking an active role on ISPA committees, members have the invaluable opportunity to share their voice on issues affecting the industry. They build camaraderie with other industry leaders, share ideas on solving common problems, and raise their individual and company profiles. They help support the association whose mission is to support their industry.
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Helping to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency
- ISPA produces the biennial ISPA EXPO, the world’s largest trade show devoted exclusively to the mattress industry. Featuring exhibits of machinery, components, supplies, and services, manufacturers worldwide shop for the resources they need to run their businesses more efficiently and cost-effectively. Members receive significant registration discounts. The EXPO also includes the exclusive opportunity for manufacturers from outside the U.S. to tour U.S. manufacturing facilities as part of the ISPA EXPO International Factory Tour.
- The online BedTimes Supplies Guide provides manufacturers with a robust search tool, with quick and easy access to an extensive directory of industry-specific suppliers and their products and services where manufacturers can shop for products from several vendors at once.
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Providing Proactive Industry Advocacy and Effective Media Relations
- ISPA takes a lead role in representing the interests of the mattress industry at the U.S. federal, state, and local levels of government, maintaining a watchful eye on legislative and regulatory developments. ISPA communicates regulatory developments to all members worldwide, as these issues also affect manufacturers exporting products into the U.S. who must comply with U.S. safety standards, customs, and related laws.
- The Sleep Product Safety Council (SPSC), the safety arm of the Association, aids manufacturers by providing important consumer safety information, supporting industry research, and promoting safe industry practices.
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Expanding the Market for Mattress Sales
- For over 25 years ISPA’s Better Sleep Council (BSC) has helped expand the market for mattress sales worldwide by educating consumers through extensive media campaigns and it’s Web site www.bettersleep.org about the important role that mattresses play in their sleep, health and quality of life. The BSC also conducts valuable consumer and sleep research. The results are shared exclusively with members and can be used in their own marketing efforts. The BSC now offers a micro Website for the Spanish-language community.
- The association reaches out to mattress retailers through Sleep Savvy magazine (free to ISPA members and retailers) to help them better understand consumer trends and attitudes, offer successful selling ideas, business insights and know-how, and tips on helping customers make the sleep-health-mattress connection.
- ISPA’s Mattress Retailer Council helps manufacturers and suppliers from around the world work collectively with retailers on important industry issues and to discuss how to increase consumer demand for mattresses.
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Keeping Members Informed
- Members are kept up-to-date on industry and business news, product information, industry trends, regulatory developments and more through BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines; BedTimes Bulletin and ISPA Advocacy Connection e-newsletters; and member-only content on the ISPA Web site. All are free to members.
- ISPA's statistics provide timely data to help members stay competitive and on top of important trends in today’s dynamic and challenging global marketplace. Reports include the Annual Mattress Industry Report of Sales and Trends (which includes the CSIL World Mattress Industry Report), monthly Bedding Barometer Sales Trend Report, and the Mattress Industry Forecast. This $7,000 package is free and exclusively available to ISPA members.
- ISPA produces other reports, publications and business tools to help members address specific issues and maximize the productivity and success of their business. These include the Mattress Flammability Resource Toolkit, the Manual of U.S. & Canadian Labeling Laws & Registration Requirements, and the Voluntary Dimensional Guidelines for Bedding Products.
- ISPA offers periodic workshops on timely topics critical to bedding manufacturers (members receive registration discounts) in addition to educational sessions at the ISPA EXPO and the Industry Conference.
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Encouraging Environmental Stewardship
- ISPA is encouraging environmental stewardship through its recently launched sustainability initiative ISPAEarth™. From material sourcing through distribution and used product disposal, this initiative will help improve the environmental impact of our industry’s operations and products, and raise awareness of our overall environmental stewardship. One aspect is to coordinate the efforts of mattress manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and recyclers to reduce the industry’s footprint on landfills and to improve the recycling of used mattress components. These efforts will reduce the amount of used product on the market and help eliminate mattress renovators, a group that competes for nearly $1 billion in new mattress sales
All ISPA member companies receive a certificate suitable for framing to show your customers and business partners that you are a member of the International Sleep Products Association, an organization recognized for its work worldwide, serving as the voice of the mattress industry for nearly 100 years.
Take advantage of all ISPA has to offer!
If you are not currently an ISPA member, Join today.
Or contact Jane Oseth, 703-683-8371 to learn how ISPA can help your business.
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