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
Artex Ltd. Artex Ltd. Artex Ltd. is an English based manufacturer of building materials. Artex was started in 1935, with the name Artex coming from "Asbestos Reinforced TEXtured coating". Artex became part of the BPB group of companies in 1966. It merged with Blue Hawk in 1997. Blue Hawk had been bought by BPB in 1972. BPB was in turn purchased by Saint-Gobain, a large building products company based in France, in November 2005. It owns several brands, some of which have become genericized and are recognised as household words. Its brands include: It has its head office and main manufacturing base