	hillsdown buys bedding companies for mln dlrs hillsdown holdings plc hldn l said its christie tyler ltd unit would buy the european bedding making interests of simmons co u s a owned by gulf and western industries inc usa gw for mln dlrs the uisitions include sleepeeze ltd in the u k compagnie continentale simmons sa in france and compagnia italiana simmons spa in italy in the three businesses made pre tax profit of around mln stg on sales of mln stg net assets being uired come to around nine mln stg hillsdown shares were unchanged at p reuter 
