The innovative SleepAngel pillow produced in Pärnu is increasingly appreciated by ordinary consumers

Gabriel Scientific OÜ, the manufacturer of the SleepAngel brand, was recognized with the Pärnumaa Crisis Breaker 2020 award last year. The company's manager, Sven Jürisoo, gave the organizers an overview of what happened in 2021.

Gabriel Scientific Eesti OÜ is the representative of the SleepAngel brand in Estonia.

Article: " The innovative SleepAngel pillow produced in Pärnu is increasingly appreciated by ordinary consumers ", Hando Murumägi

In 2020, the Pärnumaa Tegijate competition selected the Crisis Breaker of the Year for the first time. This was a completely new category, where we wanted to recognize entrepreneurs and enterprising individuals from Pärnumaa who have managed to overcome the effects of the corona crisis with their activities or who have seized unexpectedly arising opportunities and thus emerged from the crisis as winners.

The winner was Gabriel Scientific OÜ , whose brand SleepAngel PneumaPure bedding products, which offer protection not only from viruses, but also from all kinds of allergens, liquids and pathogens. Their performance was so impressive that the competition's partner Luminor decided to give them a special award.

We asked them how their year had been. We also learned that their pad was taken to the Olympics by Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde and Ecuadorian Olympic gold medalist Richard Carapaz .

How and do you evaluate the recognition you received at the Pärnu County Makers' Competition last year? Did it come as a surprise to you?

Thank you for the recognition, it was an extremely positive surprise for all of us at the end of a difficult and busy year. 2020 was very challenging for everyone and we were no different in this situation. We set ourselves the goal of adapting to the new circumstances as quickly as possible and ensuring the best conditions for both employees and customers. This meant that 2020 was spent expanding, investing, growing the team and increasing our customer base remotely.

Because our unique and patented soft surface technology is designed to stop the transmission of infections, we were able to help increase the safety of hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities so that they do not become infection centers while reducing the environment and costs in the long term.

How have you been doing over the past year?

Society has moved from panic to adaptation – we have more information about Covid-19 and as a result many sectors have moved back to their previous routines. Our sector (medical products) is most characterised by the expression “new normal”, meaning that combating the transmission of infections and focusing on hygiene have become more commonplace.

The Gabriel Scientific SleepAngel branded product range has therefore expanded from hospitals and nursing homes to hotels and private individuals who want their immediate environment to be reliably clean and safe for them. While our products are already relatively well-known here in Estonia, there are still a large number of people for whom soft surfaces, sleep hygiene and the impact of sleep on quality of life are still new. These topics are receiving even more attention from us.

What are your company's future prospects and how and whether they are related to the development of Pärnu County?

Our people, development, headquarters and production, from where we deliver products all over the world, have been in Pärnu since the company’s early years. In recent years, we have made significant investments in both people and physical conditions and have established our presence even more firmly. From Pärnu, our unique and patented SleepAngel branded products reach all over the world to make hospitals, nursing homes and homes cleaner and safer with Estonian innovations and thereby improve people’s quality of life.