founded 1898 founder paul morszeck headquarters cologne germany key people dieter morszeck general manager owner lvmh website www.rimowa.com rimowa gmbh stylized as rimowa is a german manufacturer of luggage made of aluminium as well as polycarbonate . the name rimowa is derived from richard morszeck warenzeichen . history edit richard morszeck and his father paul were the owners of a manufacturing company for suitcases . due to a fire all the materials used for the production were destroyed except for the aluminium stock . in 1937 richard created the first suitcase made entirely from aluminium which combined high stability and low weight . today rimowa also produces luggage made of polycarbonate always with its characteristic design structure . the products are manufactured in germany the czech republic canada and brazil . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to rimowa . official website a typical rimowa suitcase authority control worldcat identities viaf 216750442 gnd 16015120 x this business related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rimowa & oldid 742642139 categories luggage brandscompanies established in 1898luggage manufacturersgerman brandsmanufacturing companies based in colognebusiness stubshidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 22 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view