Kingsdown mattress wakens Sleeping Beauty in Waco

WACO – Kingsdown Inc. has entered into a long-term lease for the former U.S. Postal Service sorting center on Imperial Dr.

Kingsdown, which is the nation’s largest independent and employee-owned mattress manufacturer, is investing $2 million in the 100,000-sf facility.

The company will convert the space into a state-of-the-art sleep products manufacturing and distribution center that will support its growing business in the central portion of the country.

The new plant will create 50 new local jobs.

Hiring at the Waco plant is expected to begin immediately, and the company plans to start manufacturing by Jan. 19, 2015.

This will be Kingsdown’s sixth domestic manufacturing facility.

Source: Waco Chamber