MBCO (MILLBROOK

MILLBROOK LEADS THROUGH INNOVATION

The Millbrook Bed Company (MBCo) turns 75 this years – and the Hampshire-based bedmaker is building on its history of hand-craftsmanship by introducing new tuft-free and sustainable technologies …

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Millbrook, a family-owned-and-run business, spanning three generations, has long adhered to key tenets of traditional craftsmanship, comfort, quality and attention to detail. Today, the business – named Best UK Manufacturer in Furniture News’ Readers’ Choice Awards 2021 – continues to work towards a more sustainable and comfortable future through its latest innovations.

Smooth-Tech, a new Millbrook sleep technology, is a unique, tuft-free sleeping surface, where the tufts are actually inside the mattress.

Tufts remain extremely important in handmade mattresses for holding fillings and pocket springs in place, says MBCo, and without them a mattress would become quite uncomfortable over time. However, many sleepers prefer a bed without tufts, as they find them uncomfortable.

MBCo mattresses are handmade to last 10 years or more, which can be attributed in part to the tufting process. With that in mind, the company turned the idea on its head, and created an innertufted mattress – which promises all the benefits of a traditional tuft, but without the little bumps.

Ross Thurston, MBCo’s operations director, says: “Remember Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, The Princess and the Pea? Just like the story, we believe a truly sound sleep comes from eliminating even the smallest distraction

Smooth-Tech tuft-free technology in action Crescent, launching at the Bed Show

and annoyances – no matter how tiny they might be. By developing a new tufting process, we have created a sleep surface free from the smallest lumps and bumps created by traditional methods, for an even more perfect sleep.”

Millbrook has also introduced NemoFlex Technology, a trademarked, unique encapsulated core spring system, designed with the end-of-life of a mattress in mind.

MBCo created NemoFlex in response to growing concerns over plastic pollution and the challenges of mattress disposal. A mattress with a NemoFlex-ecapsulated core spring system at its heart can be deconstructed in under five minutes, and achieve a 100% recycling capability. Easy to remove, it significantly reduces the time and cost of reprocessing, making recovery and repurposing of valuable materials more efficient, and helping reduce the number of waste mattresses going to landfill each year.

Recycled polyester in the NemoFlex core is made using a minimum of 200 plastic bottles and gives the mattress borders extra strength without the need for traditional hand-side stitching, and Millbrook says these exclusive borders have been two years in development. Introduced to the range via the new Chittenden & Eastman and the Eclipse Laguna collections, NemoFlex core technology will also be incorporated into the wider range of Millbrook mattresses over time.

Additionally, from this month, for every mattress sold featuring NemoFlex technology, MBCo will donate to the Woodland Trust through its newly created Dream Trees initiative, which has been conceived to support the creation, protection and restoration of UK woodland.

MBCo’s new ranges, comprising six models featuring Smooth-Tech, will be launched at the Bed Show.

For a good night & a better tomorrow

FASTER TO DE-CONSTRUCT BY HAND EASIER TO RECLAIM MATERIALS HELPS TO REDUCE LANDFILL

ADVANCED 100% RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

HELPS SOLVE PLASTIC POLLUTION

PROVIDES A QUALITY SLEEP EXPERIENCE

To find out how we can help with your end-of-life mattress policy contact us at nemoflex@millbrook-bed-company.co.uk or call 023 808 66111 LAUNCHING NBF SHOW 2021 - STAND G50