Ann O’Hara, senior soft goods product manager at a company called Chilipad by Sleepme, unzips the top sheet covering a bed to show a visitor just what the Mooresville company does. She displays a thin pad with embedded channels developed in the company’s lab that will keep people cool or warm in bed by circulating water.
O’Hara and company officials were eager to show off their new operations at home in North Carolina after moving operations from more than 8,000 miles away.
Chilipad by Sleepme recently moved manufacturing and assembly operations home, aiming to mitigate global supply chain risks and tariffs by shifting production from southern China…