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Samsonite International S.A. is an American [4] premium luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. The company was founded in 1910 in Denver , Colorado , United States.
Samsonite is a silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag 4 Mn Sb 2 S 6. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system with a typical slender radiating prismatic habit. It is metallic black to steel black with no cleavage and a brittle to conchoidal fracture. In thin fragments it appears reddish brown in transmitted light ...
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Shwayder began his career as a salesman for the Seward Trunk Co. in New York City. [3]Shwayer founded the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company in Denver in 1910. [2] He served as its president from 1910 to 1960, [3] and later served as its chairman. [1]
Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food conglomerate founded in 1894. [1] [2] One of the best-known food processing companies in the U.S., Beatrice owned many well-known brands such as Tropicana, Krispy Kreme, Jolly Rancher, Orville Redenbacher's, Swiss Miss, Peter Pan, Avis, Milk Duds, Samsonite, Playtex, La Choy and Dannon.
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]
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From 1988 to 1996, Green was chairman and CEO of Samsonite Corporation. He was also Chairman and CEO of Astrum International from 1990 to 1995. During this time, Astrum operated Samsonite as a subsidiary as well as Culligan Water. Both Samsonite and Culligan were spun off as separate publicly owned companies in 1995. [7]