Crown Bedding History

1901

1958

VEFA started a joint venture with a British company called Slumberland. The name of the joint venture was Crown Bedding. 

At first, they produced the same mattresses and boxsprings that were sold in England. These were sold on the Dutch market.

1960

VEFA and Crown Bedding moved to Hoorn (NL). There they started the production of household items, Christmas decorations, springs, mattresses and boxsprings. 

In the heyday some 200 people worked at the Hoorn site. Crown Bedding was one of the first companies with a separate nursery for the children and housing for foreign workers. 

Crown Bedding worked hard on product development. No experiment was too challenging. The 'royal' round bed became a very prominent piece of furniture in those days.

1966

In 1966 Crown Bedding became a supplier to the first European Holiday Inn hotel. A new and promising market was tapped. 

In the sixties Crown Bedding already knew that sleep could also mean the fulfilling of dreams. Waking up in luxury became a possibility for everyone.

1967

Crown Bedding developed the first bed with a TV, which was electrically height adjustable. This technical tour de force shook up the sleeping world.

1969

At the end of the sixties, Crown Bedding took the concept of ‘Swedish sleep’ to the Benelux countries. For the first time Scandinavian sleep was connected to relaxation and health.

1971

In Ouwegem Crown Bedding & Furniture NV Belgium was established. 

It was started with 25 employees. An automated machine, obtained from Mammut, was used for producing sleeping bags. The quilting department was in the next room. Mattresses and bathrobes were produced there. Furthermore, Crown Bedding produced curtains for hotels.

1974

The first building was a production hall, in order to produce the tissue used for sleeping bags, duvets & quilting. A year later it was followed by the warehouse that is now a part of Bedding.

From the second half of the seventies the Belgian and the Dutch army became customers. The main products were thermo suits and sleeping bags.

1976

The construction of a new foam and mattress factory.

1977-1978

The opening of the new mattress factory in Ouwegem/Zingem with its own foam factory.

1986

A flood turned the Zingem region into a disaster area. 
Later that year, a new hall was built for furniture production.

Some successful models from the eighties.

Gitane	Rondo

Extension 1986-1990

In the second half of the eighties, the company expanded. After several new constructions and some renovations, the production site was back up-to-date.

2000

By the turn of the century Crown Bedding became part of the Hilding Anders group. .

Nowadays the Crown Bedding headquarters near Zingem (Ghent) is still the dynamic centre of our production, sales and distribution. Our organization and our modern facilities are ready for a healthy growth and a successful cooperation with our partners in Belgium and abroad.