PrimaLoft® licensee, DOWNLITE®, honored with prestigious Macy’s Award for Third Consecutive Year

Congrats to luxury home furnishings manufacturer, DOWNLITE®, for being recognized with a prestigious home furnishings award from Macy’s for the third consecutive year! DOWNLITE was honored by Macy’s for their exceptional history of on-time shipping, shipping compliance, strong partnerships, and volume of sales.

Jyl Davis, DOWNLITE director of marketing commented, “We are incredibly honored to be recognized with this award from Macy’s for three years running. It’s a testament to the effort and spirit of teamwork exhibited by the entire DOWNLITE team. We value our relationship with Macy’s and we look forward to continuing to provide outstanding service.”

DOWNLITE® was recently granted a licensing agreement by Albany International Corp. to manufacture PrimaLoft® -The Luxury Down Alternative™, and to sell bedding products made with the renowned PrimaLoft brand in North America.

DOWNLITE offers a full range of PrimaLoft luxury home furnishings products to include comforters, blankets, mattress toppers and pillows, which are sold in Macy’s, as well as fine specialty stores, department stores and catalogs.

The company introduced a new PrimaLoft fiber collection in March at Home Fashions Market week in New York, featuring PrimaLoft Thermo, PrimaLoft Support and PrimaLoft Memory – all engineered for specific performance attributes and consumer end uses.

Photo: (L to R) Chad Altbaier and Bob Altbaier proudly accept the 2009 Macy’s award on behalf of DOWNLITE, in DOWNLITE’s New York showroom.

PrimaLoft and DOWNLITE Launch 'Support Your Dreams'

Today, October 1st, starts the National Domestic Violence Awareness month and the launch of the PrimaLoft and DOWNLITE Support Your Dreams campaign, designed to support women and children making the transition into a new life away from the fear of domestic abuse.

Throughout the year, PrimaLoft and DOWNLITE, will donate hundreds of PrimaLoft pillows to the Equinox Domestic Violence Shelter in Albany, NY, and the Cincinnati YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter. The first donation to each shelter was made this morning to mark the beginning of the campaign.

To complement the Support Your Dreams pillow donation, PrimaLoft, its Albany International Corp. colleagues, and DOWNLITE will conduct Sweet Dreams donation drives through the month of October. Nighttime items such as twin sheets and blankets, pajamas, robes and slippers will be collected and donated to local shelters for adults and children in hopes that their stay is more comfortable.

You can help PrimaLoft and DOWNLITE support victims of domestic violence through the ecommerce site, SupportYourDreams.org, where during the month of October a limited edition Support Your Dreams PrimaLoft pillow and other PrimaLoft bedding, will be available for purchase at a 10 % discount. Additionally, 20% of the proceeds from the sales on this site will be donated to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Other ways you can help:

** In Albany, NY **
Equinox will host a public Sweet Dreams donation drive for the women and children who reside at Equinox safe houses
Where: at its 95 Central Avenue, Albany, headquarters
When: October 1st to October 31, 2009
What: donations of new or gently used nighttime items like twin sheets & blankets, pyjamas, robes and slippers

** In Cincinnati, OH **
The Cincinnati YWCA will also host a public Sweet Dreams donation drive for the women and children who reside at YWCA Cincinnati domestic violence safe houses
Where: YWCA of Greater Cincinnati - 898 Walnut Street, Cincinnati
When: October 1st to October 31, 2009
What: donations of new nighttime items like twin sheets & blankets, pyjamas, robes, and slippers