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SWISSGEAR backpack. SWISSGEAR ® [1] is a Swiss clothing, luggage, and accessory company that is branded as part of the maker of Swiss Army knives. [2] The company is owned by Wenger and its products are licensed in North America by Group III International Ltd. [3] SWISSGEAR also sells watches, that are manufactured by Wenger and branded under the SWISSGEAR name, known as "SWISSGEAR Legacy ...
Victorinox produced a fashion line up until the late 1990s, but retired from this project in 2017. [21] In 2012, Victorinox licensed its name to luggage manufacturer TRG Accessories to produce branded travel gear and business accessories. [22] Victorinox acquired TRG Accessories from Centric Group in 2014.
Snag a spiffy new bag just in time for travel season — like a hard-sided spinner for $91 and a set of three suitcases for just $83.
The crisis led to the acquisition of Wenger by its competitor Victorinox in 2005. [8] With the backing of Victorinox, Wenger was able for a time to maintain its own production and branding of Swiss army knives and watches. Wenger knives had been advertised as the "Genuine Swiss Army Knife" and Victorinox as the "Original Swiss Army Knife".
American Tourister is a brand of luggage owned by Samsonite. Brothers Sol and Irving Koffler founded American Luggage Works in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1933. [1] [2] In 1993, American Tourister was acquired by Astrum International, which also owns Samsonite. [3] Astrum was renamed as the Samsonite Corporation two years later. [4]
Sprayers range in size from man-portable units (typically backpacks with spray guns) to trailed sprayers that are connected to a tractor, to self-propelled units similar to tractors with boom mounts of 4–30 feet (1.2–9.1 m) up to 60–151 feet (18–46 m) in length depending on engineering design for tractor and land size.
The Swiss Army Knife was not the first multi-use pocket knife. In 1851, in Moby-Dick (chapter 107), Herman Melville mentions the "Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior – though a little swelled – of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screwdrivers, cork-screws, tweezers, bradawls, pens, rulers, nail files and countersinkers."
They transplanted the existing sprayer tank system from the 747-100 into the newer Boeing 747-400 (N744ST) airframe. [1] [34] [35] In 2021, Global SuperTanker Services began facing financial difficulties, and in April 2021, the company shut down. They sold the Supertanker to National Airlines to be converted into a cargo aircraft. [36] [37] [38]