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Pillow line

One pillow, from fibre to sleep

Follow one pillow through our factory in Eindhoven and its eight fully automatic pillow lines: how it is cut, sewn, filled, inspected and labelled, and how it travels by lorry to a bed in Europe.

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01 / Materials

First the ticking, then the filling

You choose the ticking fabric and the filling: together they decide how a pillow feels and what it is for. We follow one in cotton percale with hollow, siliconised fibre.

Ticking

  • CottonPercale: crisp, breathable, hot-washable
  • Bamboo viscoseSilky, cool, moisture-wicking
  • LyocellSmooth, from eucalyptus wood pulp
  • MicrofibreSoft, easy-care, budget-friendly

Filling

  • Synthetic fibreHollow and siliconised: airy and washable
  • Natural fillingSuch as down: soft and mouldable
  • Memory foamMemory and speciality pillows: firm support
Cotton in this pillow’s ticking
100%
Threads per square inch
200
Fibre fineness, hollow and siliconised
7 dtex
The pillow is still raw material: cotton percale and loose hollow fibre.

02 / Cutting

Cut to the millimetre

An automated cutting table cuts front and back panels from dozens of layers of percale at once. Each order’s pattern is nested so that as little fabric as possible is left over.

Cutting tolerance
±1 mm
Layers per cut
40
Pillows a day, since 2025
25,000
Two panels of cotton percale, cut to size, lie ready to be sewn.

03 / Sewing

Sewn all round, but for one opening

The panels are joined with a dense, even stitch and the corners are reinforced. One short side stays open: that is where the filling will go in.

Stitches per centimetre
4
Minimum seam strength
180 N
Filling opening, closed later
15 cm
The empty ticking is sewn all round, with an opening left on one short side for the filling.

04 / Filling

Filled by weight, not by feel

A filling machine opens the fibre with air and blows it through the opening into the ticking. Each pillow is weighed and only sewn shut once the weight is right.

Fill weight of this pillow
750 g
Filling accuracy
±2%
Fully automatic pillow lines
8
The pillow fills with blown fibre and takes on its full, rounded shape.

05 / Inspection

Measured, weighed and scanned

Every pillow passes through a needle detector and is checked for size, weight, seams and shape. On top of that, each batch is sampled to AQL at final inspection.

Needle detector sensitivity
1.2 mm
Checkpoints per pillow
12
Final inspection sampling
AQL 1.5
The finished pillow lies on the inspection table, with dimension lines along its width and length.

06 / Labelling

Your brand, or ours

Under Mont Blanc, our own brand, the pillow goes on sale with our woven label and a retail band. As private label, it carries your brand from label to packaging, designed with our help.

Mont BlancOur own brand: woven label and band

Private labelYour brand on label and packaging

Pieces, private-label minimum
1,000
Weeks’ lead time for private label
4⁠–⁠6
Elements in your own house style
3
The finished pillow with a woven label and retail band, under our Mont Blanc brand or your own.

07 / Packing

Packed flat, full again on arrival

The pillow is vacuum-pressed flat in clear film and goes into an outer carton with others. This way, far more fits into a lorry, and once unpacked it springs back to shape.

Less volume under vacuum
−70%
Pillows per outer carton
10
Pillows per pallet
80
The pillow, vacuum-pressed flat in clear film, goes into an outer carton with others.

08 / Warehouse

In stock, ready to leave

Cartons are stored on pallets in our own warehouse: AGVs take them to their places and our WMS tracks every carton and every pallet. Orders received before the cut-off are normally loaded onto a lorry at the dock the same day.

Pallet places
6,000
Pillows per full lorry
2,640
Cut-off for same-day dispatch
15:00
The outer carton holding the pillow stands on a pallet at the loading dock, ready to go into the lorry.

09 / Delivery

From Eindhoven to Europe and beyond

From Eindhoven, our own lorries and regular hauliers serve customers across Europe, from the Benelux to Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. We also supply customers in Turkey, the United States and Canada. We agree the delivery day with you in advance.

Delivery from stock, Western Europe
24⁠–⁠72 h
Markets, from Scandinavia to Canada
6
Own lorries
4
A lorry carrying the pillow crosses the world map from Eindhoven to Istanbul.

10 / Arrival

Unpacked, plumped and ready for the night

Whether it ends up in a shop, a web store or a hotel, the carton is opened and the pillow springs back to its full shape. Washable at high temperature, it keeps that shape wash after wash.

Washable at high temperature
60 °C
Wash cycles in our durability test
50
Firmness levels, soft to firm
3
The pillow lies unpacked and fully lofted on a made-up bed.

The range

From stock, or to your specification

Every pillow in the line comes in all the usual European sizes, under your label or ours. Choose a base, then match the ticking, filling, firmness and packaging to your customer.

  • Classic

    The versatile pillow for retail and e-commerce

    Hollow siliconised fibreResilient and airy

  • Hotel

    Made for the hotel laundry

    Microfibre ballsFirm and shape-retaining

  • Down

    For suites and premium collections

    White goose down with small feathersSoft and mouldable

Technical data

Capacity
Up to 15,000,000 pillows a year, on 8 fully automatic lines
Sizes
60 × 70 · 65 × 65 · 80 × 80 · 40 × 80 · 50 × 75 cm, or made to measure
Ticking
Percale (100% cotton, 200 TC), bamboo viscose, lyocell or microfibre; down: downproof cotton
Fillings
Synthetic fibre (hollow, siliconised, 7 dtex), microfibre balls, memory foam, natural fillings such as goose down 90/10
Fill weights
400⁠–⁠1,000 g, by size and firmness
Firmness
3 levels: soft, medium and firm
Care
Washable up to 60 °C; down at 40 °C; foam: cover only
Certification
Sustainable, certified fibres, including GRS (Global Recycled Standard)
Packaging
Vacuum-pressed flat, 10 per outer carton; also available uncompressed
Minimum order
Stock items by the outer carton of 10; private label from 1,000 pieces
Lead time
From stock 24⁠–⁠72 h in Western Europe; private label 4⁠–⁠6 weeks

Pillows to your specification

Your pillow, our production line

Tell us who the pillow is for: retail, e-commerce or hotel. You will receive a proposal covering sizes, filling, price and lead time, with samples on request.

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