How It's Made: Swiss Luggage

In our materials class, we had the assignment of identifying various manufacturing techniques of various objects within an everyday store like Target. Out of a hat, I pulled the category 'luggage'.

At Target, there are roughly 7-10 prominent manufacturers of luggage: Skyline (Skechers), Heys, Embark, Sierre, Grip, Swiss Luggage.  For this particular assignment, I chose to examine Swiss Luggage for its high quality fabrication methods, and for its outstanding warranty protection.

The chosen luggage was the 20" carry-on pilot case.  The attention catcher for me were die-cast fixtures, like the rivets, zippers, and the handrail.  Whenever I am going to make a purchase, I see it as an investment; therefore, I am always looking for the highest quality regardless of price. Like my father tells me all the time, "if you take care of it, it takes care of you".

Other features of this luggage set includes molded rubber fittings, poly-eurothane wheels, rubberized bumpers, leather patchwork, elastic harnesses, and a built in toiletry bag.  The warranty was what ultimately sealed the deal.  Swiss's 10 year warranty blew most others out of the water.  Similar luggage sets had an average of 5-7 year warranty.  For the extra $30, you get an extended three years of protection, and a high quality, well made Swiss bag.