1989 - Fagerdala World Foams Acquires Dan-Foam
In 1989, the Swedish multinational foam producer Fagerdala World Foams acquired Dan-Foam, a small polyurethane manufacturing company serving the Danish furniture market.
A family enterprise
Fagerdala was founded in 1964 at Värmdö, Sweden, as a foam fabricating company, by father and son Alf and Dag Landvik. In 1973, also Mikael Magnusson became a partner. The first premises were in a former farm house. By 1989, the group had expanded to 10 factories around the world specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of technical foams.
The TEMPUR Project
During the 1980's, Dan-Foam had been striving to develop a large-scale manufacturing process for the TEMPUR Material, originally invented by NASA. Through the acquisition of Dan-Foam, Fagerdala entered the challenge to finalise the TEMPUR Project, and eventually be able to include this highly innovative foam material in its product range.