To provide you with the very best sleep products, marketing tools and resources to properly serve our consumers. No matter the size of our Retail Partner, we strive to maximize our partnership and increase our level of service to our consumers.  Our Vision is one of true, long-lasting partnerships.

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​our operations

Our primary purpose shall be to serve our Customers with quality sleep products. It is our responsibility to ensure that our products are produced in a versatile, vertical, efficient atmosphere. We strive for value in all we do from start to finish. Only by applying these values and adhering to lean principles can we ensure the value of the products we produce and, the Customers in which we serve.

​our Vision & mission

To be your best mattress solution provider, period!

our company history

• 1978

  Humble Beginings

  In 1978, Ed Ciolkosz and his wife Sue began assembling mattresses in their basement and garage. This is as humble as it gets as they sell directly out of their home via classified ads.

  

  Our Founder Ed Ciolkosz
• 1978

  Retail Operations Begin

  Two years later, they would open their first vertically integrated retail operation on Chicago’s South Side: The Bedding Specialist.

  

  Original Bedding Specialist Retail Location 1978
• 1985

  Retail Grows

  Having the unique ability to manufacture their own products fuels consistent growth for their new company. The operations quickly grow to 16 storefronts and, in a short period of time, becomes known as Chicago’s largest bedding retail operation. The company’s quality standards and efficient production methods are quickly recognized industry wide.​

  

  Bedding Specialist 9th Location 5225 W 25th St Cicero, IL
• 1986

  Focus On Manufacturing Expands

  Strong Industry interest eventually leads to acquiring the licensee rights to produce Englander mattresses throughout the Midwest and sells its Retail operations. Illinois Sleep Products is born. With Ed’s vision and passion, the company grows quickly, requiring the company to expand his manufacturing twice, to larger facilities. ​

  

  1986 Ed Ciolkosz acquires License agreement to build Englander products for the Midwest
• 2005

  Englander Brand Acquisition

  Englander’s seven licensing groups have band together as Englander Sleep Products LLC to purchase the Englander name and trademarks from La–Z–Boy.

  

  Ed Ciolkosz Industry Trade Show 1990
• 2014

  Vertical Integration Begins

  In 2014, Illinois Sleep Products begins cutting its own foam components, both eco-friendly foam and True Foam

  

  Foam Cutting Machinery
• 2017

  Vertical Integration Continues

  In 2017, Illinois Sleep Products begins producing its own coil systems​

  

  Custom Coil Production Machinery
• Today

  Vertical Integration Continues

  Today ISP boasts just over 340,000 square feet of vertically integrated manufacturing space between 3 structures located in Chicago, Illinois.​

  

  3535 W 47th Street IL Sleep Products

We are proud of our fully integrated manufacturing systems and processes that ensure quality in every aspect of manufacturing our mattresses, while we continue to invest in the latest manufacturing technologies to lower costs and maximize our efficiencies.
​With our continued commitment to innovation and quality, we are able to offer the following brands under our Illinois Sleep Brands portfolio;

supporting our community

​Illinois Sleep products is proud to support their community in a variety of ways, by donating products and services, and through financial donations.

​Sharing Connections provides furniture and household items to families coping with a crisis like domestic violence, returning or homeless veterans, job loss, or financial hardship. You can make a difference by helping us furnish hope. Learn More

​Family Outreach Program, Inc. is committed to bring nutritious balanced food to persons and families living under the poverty level. It serves Northern Illinois.