Samsonite Samsonite Samsonite International S.A. () is a luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, United States. Its registered office is in Luxembourg and it is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, on March 10, 1910 by Blackhawk, Colorado-born luggage salesman Jesse Shwayder (1882–1970) 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 for its tapered vulcanized
Skyway Luggage Skyway Luggage Skyway Luggage Co. is a luggage manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company was founded in 1910 and has been held privately under the same family since its founding. Originally supporting the Pacific Northwest the company has evolved to be an international wholesaler with distribution to Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Skyway is the largest independently owned luggage supplier in America. Milestones: The company is known for introducing chrome plated hardware in the 1950s as well as vinyl luggage coverings that same decade. In 1972, the company introduced the first commercially successful luggage on wheels in