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Rimowa Suitcase and Travel Luggage

Rimowa celebrated its 110th anniversary in 2008 as one of the world’s most famous luggage manufacturers. Rimowa was founded in 1898 by Paul Morszeck, in Cologne, Germany, making suitcases in wood, but already the emphasis was on strong, lightweight materials. In the late 1930s, his son, Richard Morszeck, was fascinated by aircraft aluminium. In 1937 Rimowa marketed the first overseas trunk made of lightweight metal. In 1950 the company made design history, building the first suitcase made of structural aluminium. The sturdy luggage thus became extremely popular with flight crews and airline passengers. The groove design made the brand world famous and is still used today in all Rimowa ranges.

In the 1970s, the third generation and current Managing Director Dieter Morszeck developed a new series of waterproof cases for camera and photographic equipment – perfect for film and television crews (and all spys, mafia men and drug/technology deliveries in the movies) protecting against water, humidity, tropical heat and arctic cold.

In 2000 Rimowa was the first company to produce polycarbonate luggage. As well as being exceptionally light, they are extremely robust.

The polycarbonate material is almost unbreakable as it has an elastic reaction under pressure. As soon as the pressure is removed the case automatically returns to its original shape. This has been a groundbreaking development in the luggage industry – all the other leading manufacturers have scrambled to catch up, but our customers have caught on very quickly.