Chittenden & Eastman Company

Chittenden & Eastman Company was founded by G.M. Todd and H. Bailey in 1866.^[3][4] In 1972, the company moved its mattress manufacturing operations to a 90,000 sq ft (8,400 m²) facility at Roosevelt Avenue; 170,000 sq ft (16,000 m²) was added in 1975.^[5]

C&E expanded its business to New York and New England markets in 1993. The following year, it acquired Aireloom Bedding.^[6][7][8] In 1995, C&E signed to manufacturer Dormir Sleep Products.^[9]

In 2003, Chittenden & Eastman relocated production to Missouri.^[10] However, in 2007, their intellectual property was purchased by Mattress Development Company of Delaware which reintroduced the Eastman House brand into the marketplace.^[11] In 2008, Eastman House Company added Houston-based Sanitary Mattress as a licensee.^[12] Eastman House Company added Australia based company A.H. Beard as a licensee in 2009.^[2] It added Canada based company Vogue Bedding as a licensee in 2011.^[13]

In 2014, Matthew Connolly was appointed as president of the company.^[14] Eclipse and Eastman House mattress brand entered Guatemala in March 2015,^[15] and in April, Saudi Arabia's Almutlaq Group licensed Eastman House Mattress Brand.^[16] Also in April, Spears family of Heritage Sleep Products open new plant selling Eastman House and Eclipse mattresses.^[17] The same year, Illinois Sleep Products agreed to produce mattresses under Eastman House mattress brands.^[18] The same year, Eastman House Company donated mattresses for the Pope Francis entourage to Philadelphia.^[19][20]

Eastman House has licensees in: