The story starts with NASA. In the 1970s, researchers developed a pressure-absorbing, temperature-sensitive foam to cushion astronauts against g-forces at launch. Tempur-Pedic, founded in 1992, was the company that refined that idea into a consumer product — proprietary TEMPUR material that softens with body heat and molds to your exact shape, then slowly returns once you move.
That feel — close contouring, deep pressure relief, and almost no motion transfer — became a category of its own. Tempur-Pedic built an entire lineup around it, stepping up by how much TEMPUR comfort material sits on top: the all-foam Cloud, the everyday Adapt, the best-selling ProAdapt, and the premium LuxeAdapt.
In 2012 Tempur-Pedic merged with Sealy to form Tempur Sealy International, one of the largest mattress companies in the world. The brand later added the Breeze° cooling collection for hot sleepers. Every Tempur-Pedic mattress is designed and assembled in the USA and backed by a 90-night trial and a 10-year limited warranty.