Samsonite
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Formerly called
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Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company (1910–1966) |
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| Traded as | : 1910 |
| Founded | Denver, Colorado, USA 1910 |
| Founder | Jesse Shwayder |
| Headquarters |
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (registered office) Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (financial) |
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Key people
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Ramesh Dungarmal Tainwala, CEO |
| Website | samsonite |
Samsonite International S.A. (: 1910) is an American luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. It was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1910 by Jesse Shwayder. Shwayder named one of his initial cases Samson, after the Biblical strongman, and began using the trademark Samsonite in 1941. The company changed its name to Samsonite in 1966.
The company's registered office is in Luxembourg and it is listed on the .
The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1910 by Jesse Shwayder, a luggage salesman, as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company. A religious man, Shwayder named one of his initial cases Samson, after the Biblical strongman, and began using the trademark Samsonite in 1941. The company changed its name to Samsonite in 1966. For many years, a subsidiary, Samsonite Furniture Co., made folding chairs and card tables in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
The Shwayder family sold the company to Beatrice Foods in 1973.
The Denver factory, which employed 4,000 at its peak, closed in May 2001. Samsonite headquarters moved from Denver to Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA after a change of ownership in May 2005. CVC Capital Partners Ltd. in July 2007 became Samsonite's fifth owner in 21 years.
Samsonite moved its US marketing and sales offices from 91 Main Street in Warren, Rhode Island, to Mansfield, Massachusetts effective September 1, 2005.
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