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
APDD Pty Ltd sold in 2004 by the liquidators, Ernst & Young, to the branch manager, Steve Fraser, who became its managing director and has run the company since. APDD Pty Ltd APDD Pty Ltd is a construction company based in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. They provide a range of services including project design, construction management and construction. In particular it claims to specialise in the design and delivery of complex, high quality commercial and hospital/medical facilities. APDD was originally the Melbourne branch of Austin Australia Pty Ltd, which was formed in 1961, was based in Sydney and which went into liquidation in 2004.