Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 6/1/2021 With the prevailing shortage of foam products coupled with rising prices impacting the industry, Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company (“HSM”) is promoting a variety of coil and fiber solutions that can be used in place of foam across different products to alleviate the challenges in producing upholstered furniture and mattresses. “Since the crisis began, our research and development team has been working on new ways to incorporate more readily available coil and fiber solutions that can help our customers find alternative ways to keep up production while providing the same level of performance for their accounts. We have identified a number of good solutions that can be implemented relatively quickly to help our customers,” said Tim Witherell, vice president of HSM’s Bedding business. “Foam shortages continue to be an obstacle, but we have products that can help our customers decrease their reliance on that material.”