Furniture World News By Alex Sampera on 3/4/2021
Pleasant Mattress, an independent mattress manufacturer, has promoted Brian Rivera to plant manager, where he will deploy his Six Sigma certification to lead the company’s production center in its transition to lean manufacturing.
Rivera joined Pleasant Mattress in 2019 as assistant plant manager. In this position, he aided in the oversight of all operations on the factory floor, and was responsible for assuring that all subassembly departments were producing efficiently and in sequential order. He also played a key role in ensuring that all of the products made in the factory met Pleasant Mattress’ quality standards.
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 12/17/2020
Carter Gronbach, a 30-year mattress industry veteran who has held senior operations and executive posts with some of the industry’s leading bedding brands, has joined independent West Coast bedding manufacturer Pleasant Mattress as president. He will focus on the company’s day-to-day operations working to incorporate key efficiencies throughout the company. Gronbach reports to Chief Executive Officer Rion Morgenstern.
“Being able to bring someone of Carter’s caliber on board will help propel Pleasant Mattress to a new level of productivity and efficiency and bring a more global view to our operations to better meet the needs of our customers,” Morgenstern said. “His expansive experience with leading bedding brands provides us with keen insights and will be a huge asset to our operation. With Carter coming aboard to focus on day-to-day operations, I will have more