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Quilts of Denmark
An example on how a small company,
within few years, can create special
market position, by using open
Innovation.
Quilts of Denmark
Formed in year 2000 as a local player
- 5 employees the first year.
Producer of high quality sleeping
products like down quilts, pillows and
beds
TempraKON® DynerTempraKON® Puder
TempraKON® Down Topper
og topmadrasser
PRODUKTER
Et enestående sovekoncept
TempraKON® Baby-junior
It all started with a dream….
Søren Løgstrup
–sales and marketing
Hans Erik Schmidt
– Business development
Friends with common dream…
The Bedding textile industry
-Very traditional industry without any
major innovation
-Through the nineties there was a trend
to falling prices (quality).
- Price was the only dominating factor!
We wanted to change this !
In spite of the fact that the company
starts up in a bedroom,
thinking big comes natural.
We formulate the two guiding stars of
our business
”to promote a healthy sleep
for a better tomorrow
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Our dreamteam
Our guiding stars
Provider of healthy sleep
We are not a textile company.
We are providers of healthy sleep!
Sleep - a major problem
We sleep less than we did 50 years ago
More than 70 million Americans do not sleep well
The lack of sleep is costing the American society billions of
dollars annually.
It is estimated that 56.000 car accidents in the United States
happen because the driver falls asleep behind the wheel.
Danish teenagers sleep too little and have difficulties
attending early lectures.
How do improve our sleep ?
In order to become a provider of healthy sleep,
we need to know which factors are important for
a good night’s sleep:
We started a cooperation with external experts:
- Sleep scientists (Glostrup hospital)
- Danish Asthma & Allergy Association
- Physiotherapists
NASA
Alt.1
How do we find the required technology ?
Even though you are only a small company – you
should not be scared to approach the big ones in
order to seek cooperation
PRODUKTER
A unique and intelligent material that are able to actively regulate the
temperature. The basic technology was developed by NASA. It is
then further refined and commercialised by Quilts of Denmark in
cooperation with Outlast® Technologies in Colorado.
TempraKON® material
Solid Liquid Solid
Heat Heat
Make PCM work in beddings
Cooperation to make PCM work in beddings
QODNASA
QOD’S
Medical
advisors
Outlast
Certified by NASA and The Space Foundation
"Quilts of Denmark receive the Certified Space Technology Seal in recognition
of their considerable contribution of implementing aero and space-based
technologies to the private sector, and like that to be further developing and
enhancing the quality of life of humanity".
Quilts of Denmark is the first European company to be awarded this certification.
QOD have great focus on Innovation
Vigtige fokusområder:
- Aktiv kontrol af temperatur og luftfugtighed
- Temperaturkontrol ved brug af aerodynamiske principper – dyner der kan forhindre
overophedning
- Intelligente tekstiler med unikke søvn- og sundhedsegenskaber
- Intelligente madrasser tilpasset individuelle behov
- Ergonomiske produkter
-Nem vedligeholdelse og ventilation af produkterne til forebyggelse af astma og allergi.
-regulerbare senge
Open innovation
Vores Innovationskraft
Design and
constructions partner
Customers
Innovation and
Technology partners
Artist
Medical advisors
Industrial partnersMaterial and
knowledge partners
QOD
Our innovation power
Hans Erik Schmidt flankeret af Col. Frederick D. Gregory, NASA’s topchef
og Richard P. MacLeud, direktøren for The Space Foundation
NETWORKING
...artist Karsten Auerbach worked with QOD
Prize for courage and innovative thinking
Art in business
We go against the tide of textile companies that
outsource - we have moved the production from China
to Denmark.
Today China is a good market for us.
Quilts of
Denmark 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Increase in
turnover. 36% 35% 45% 60%
How it then go
-and grows continue
-export to more than 30 countries
- government Entrepreneur Prize 2004
-winner of Innovation cup 2007
