Tontine Group what is a commodity market," she said. "In other countries there is no market leader because manufacturers tended to stay in their local areas." As the company is well known, it is referenced in jokes. For example, an Australian legal newsletter said of an alleged swindler who padded his timesheets "that at one stage pillow makers Tontine were said to be interested in sponsoring him." Duvets in Australia are known by the genericized trademark "Doona"; the brand name is owned by the Tontine Group. The brand name was acquired by Tontine in 1991 when Pacific Dunlop took over the Northern
Re-Timer Pty Ltd November 2012 and received significant global media coverage, which included the Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC and Fox News. In the company's home state of South Australia, considerable attention has focused on the model of technology transfer used to commercialize this University research. In an interview with Forbes Magazine, Re-Timer Managing Director stated 85% of production is now exported from South Australia to over 40 different countries. In October 2016 the company successfully completed crowdfunding for a novel wearable technology called Thim. Re-Timer Pty Ltd Re-Timer Pty Ltd is a university-owned company headquartered in Australia which commercialize novel sleep devices