Engineering:Red Oxx Manufacturing
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Red Oxx Manufacturing, Inc. is an American manufacturing company which produces travel luggage.[1][2] The company was founded in 1986 in Billings, Montana, by Jim Markel Sr., a retired Green Beret Captain, and originally produced fitness equipment. [3] He was later joined by his son Jim Markel Jr. and Perry Jones, all of whom are retired military parachute riggers.[4] In the U.S., the products have won a 'National Award for Luggage'.[5] Also, the Red Oxx Safari Beano bag was Outside Magazine's 2004 Bag of the Year.[6] As of 2017, Red Oxx sells about $2.5 million per year of their products.[7]
References
- ↑ Archer, Bert (December 6, 2006), "TED ANDERSON, VENTURES WEST PRESIDENT", The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061206.EXEC06/TPStory/Travel, retrieved 2024-02-25
- ↑ RED OXX CARRY-ON, St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 18, 2006, http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SP/lib00247,11268E63C69BD178.html
- ↑ "Veteran-owned Red Oxx making high-quality bags in Billings for nearly 3 decades" (in en). 2023-11-21. https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-made/veteran-owned-red-oxx-making-high-quality-bags-in-billings-for-nearly-3-decades.
- ↑ Red Oxx history
- ↑ Billings, Mont., Company Bags National Award for Luggage, Billings Gazette, April 15, 2004, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118297944.html?refid=gg_x_02, "Outside Buyer's Guide has selected a bag made by Red Oxx Manufacturing"
- ↑ 2004 Bag of the Year Outside Magazine
- ↑ Doucette, Kitt (2017-12-04). "Building a Tougher Bag" (in en). https://www.mensjournal.com/gear/goruck-is-building-a-tougher-bag-20130712.
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