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Private labelOct 21, 20266 min read

Private-label bedding in six steps, from brief to pallet

How a pillow or duvet under your own brand comes about at HMG: what to prepare for the brief, what happens at each step, and when Mont Blanc is the better route.

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Private labelOct 21, 20266 min read
Private-label bedding in six steps, from brief to pallet
How a pillow or duvet under your own brand comes about at HMG: what to prepare for the brief, what happens at each step, and when Mont Blanc is the better route.
ProductionOct 21, 20266 min read
Inside our Eindhoven factory: from loose fibre to pallet
How a pillow or duvet is made at HMG: fibre opening, filling by weight, quilting, quality control, compact packaging and a warehouse with 6,000 pallet positions.
ProductsOct 21, 20266 min read
Which pillow filling suits your customer – and your shelf?
Synthetic fibre, memory foam or a natural filling? How to choose a pillow filling by sleeping position, support, allergies, washability, sales channel and price point.
ProductsOct 21, 20266 min read
Duvet fillings compared: warmth, weight and care
Synthetic fibre, nano gel fibre, wool or bamboo: how duvet fillings differ in warmth, sleeping climate, weight and care – and what the quilting construction adds.
SustainabilityOct 21, 20265 min read
Sustainable production at HMG: what it means in practice
No big words, just what we can show: a GPR 8.0 building, 1,152 solar panels, battery storage, GRS fibres, production in the Netherlands — and what buyers can request.
SourcingOct 21, 20265 min read
Why production in the Netherlands pays off for European buyers
Supply security, short lead times, stable quality and room for exclusive ranges: what bedding from a Dutch factory offers a European buyer, weighed up soberly.
SourcingOct 21, 20265 min read
Bedding sizes by market, and how to plan an international range
A 140 × 200 in the Netherlands, a 135 × 200 in Germany, a Double in the UK: the usual duvet and pillow sizes per market, and how to build a range around them.
HospitalityOct 21, 20264 min read
Bedding for hotels: the same bed in every room, every night
What hotels and contract customers need from pillows and duvets: built for professional laundering, identical in every room, a pillow menu, protectors, sizes and stock.
ProductionOct 21, 20265 min read
Packaging that sells and ships, from the shelf to the web shop
Roll-pack, vacuum, a bag with a handle or bulk in an outer carton: which packaging suits which channel, and what it does for transport, storage and the shelf.
CompanyOct 21, 20265 min read
From wholesale to smart factory: three generations of HMG
HMG began in 1983 as a bedding wholesaler. How the family business grew over three generations into a highly automated factory in Eindhoven — and what comes next.