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] American Tourister's products include backpacks, suitcases and wallets. Today, American Tourister products are priced lower than Samsonite products.
References
- American Tourister, Inc. - Company History fundinguniverse.com, retrieved 2008-11-02^
- American Tourister Logo American Tourister, retrieved February 21, 2017^
- Stephanie Strom. "Wall Street; New Name, New Life, for Astrum". The New York Times. September 26, 1993. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.^
- "Astrum International to Divide Its Samsonite and Culligan Units". The New York Times. April 25, 1995. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.^