1910
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THE STORY
OF A LIFETIME
When Jesse Shwayder founded Samsonite® in 1910 in Denver, travel was once reserved for only an exclusive few, those who had the means to see the world. Given this exclusivity, travel was a high quality experience from the transportation, to the attention to service, to even the accessories used to carry one’s belongings.
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1910
The Shwayder Brothers, the company’s original founders, manufacture robust wooden trunks.
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1962
The Classic Attaché was the first magnesium reinforced ABS-document case for business people.
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1986
Oyster, the first suitcase with a three-point lock system.
2000's
The first Samsonite aluminium product.
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2008
Cosmolite: made of the innovative Curv® material. Resulting in the strongest and lightest Samsonite suitcase ever.
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2011
Cosmolite is even lighter, thanks to Curv® Technology: only 1.8 kg for the spinner 55 cm.
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2013
Another Samsonite innovation is born: Advanced Hybrid Technology. This new technology is included in the new ranges Cordoba Duo and Sahora Regeneration.
2014
Lite-Locked: the pioneering light-weight collection is launched, merging a three-point locking system with revolutionary Curv® material. Lightness has never been so Secure; Security has never been so Light.
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Samsonite, always by your side.
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