For 135 years Simmons technology has been offering a better night’s sleep. In 1870 Zalmon G. Simmons built his first factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Simmons had originally manufactured wooden insulators and cheese boxes. In 1876, Simmons decided to change his entire business model and began mass producing woven wire mattresses.

In 1889 Simmons introduced spiral coil springs. Simmons innovative manufacturing process dropped the price of the woven wire mattress from $12.00 to $0.95 cents.  This now made the mattress accessible to more people.

In 1900 James Marshall, a Simmons employee patented the wrapped coil spring. In 1912 Simmons introduced the Wall-A Bed the predecessor to the well known Murphy bed that Simmons produced for the Murphy Company. During World War II, Simmons answered America's military demands by manufacturing 2,700 different items including parachutes and bazooka rockets. In 1958 Simmons became the first mattress company to introduce both the King and Queen Size mattresses. Continuing their patriotism in 1980 Simmons became the Official Bedding Supplier of the Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.