as nyse tumi founded united states 1975 founder charlie clifford headquarters south plainfield nj key people jerome griffith ceo joseph r. gromek chairperson of board website http www.tumi.com tumi holdings inc. nyse tumi is a south plainfield new jersey based manufacturer of suitcases and bags for travel . founded in 1975 by charlie clifford after a stint in the peace corps in peru the company is named after a peruvian ceremonial knife used for sacrifices . 1 tumi inc. has been a unit of doughty hanson & co. since 2004 . 2 tumi s products are known for their black on black ballistic nylon . 3 tumi is available at department stores and specialty stores as well as over 120 tumi stores and 200 shop in shops around the world . 4 tumi also supplies accessories such as belts pens and electronic equipment . the company teamed with designer anish kapoor in 2006 to produce the powerpack backpack that incorporated solar technology for charging phones and pdas . 5 the company also had a licensing agreement with italian motorcycle manufacturer ducati launching a collection of eight co branded pieces in 2006 sold through both of the brands retail outlets . 6 tumi puts a metal plate with a unique 20 digit registration number in each of its bags . customers can register for the tumi tracer program to have their contact information entered into a central database so they can be reunited with their bag if it is found . 7 in 2004 doughty hanson & co a london based private equity firm took over tumi for 276m . the take over came with a price drop in their products and a change in warranty from their famed lifetime warranty to 5 years . tumi have since failed to honour customers who paid the significantly higher rates for the lifetime warranty prior to 2004 . citation needed jerome griffith became the ceo of tumi inc. in 2009 . 8 on april 19 2012 tumi made an initial public offering of 18 779 865 shares as tumi holdings inc. nyse tumi . 9 in december 2013 joseph r. gromek was named chairperson of board of directors . 10 on march 4 2016 samsonite announced it would acquire tumi in an all cash transaction worth us 1.8 bn 11 references edit tumi inc. . google finance . 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 28 . tumi inc. . hoover s. 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 28 . tumi luxury luggage and a lot more . business week . 2007 01 24 . retrieved 2009 03 28 . the high season for luggage and briefcases kicks off . the panama post . 2008 12 29 . retrieved 2009 03 28 . tumi time powerpack backpack . business week . 2007 01 24 . retrieved 2009 03 28 . tumi time tumi ducati collection . business week . 2007 01 24 . retrieved 2009 03 28 . higgins michelle 2005 09 04 . so which bag did you say was yours . the new york times . retrieved 2009 03 28 . http babelfish.yahoo.com translate url doit done & tt url & intl 1 & fr bf home & trurl http % 3a % 2f % 2fwww . textilwirtschaft.de % 2fnews % 2ftopnews % 2fpages % 2fjerome griffith wird president und ceo von tumi 55445 . html % 3fa % 3d0 & lp de en & btntrurl translate http www.nasdaq.com markets ipos company tumi holdings inc 869627 68806 young vicki m. 9 december 2013 . joseph r. gromek named tumi chairman . wwd . retrieved 10 december 2013 . samsonite to acquire tumi for us 26.75 per share to create a leading global travel lifestyle company pdf . external links edit tumi company website how i did it tumi s charlie clifford inc magazine may 2011 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tumi inc. & oldid 732328839 categories american brandscompanies based in middlesex county new jerseycompanies listed on the new york stock exchangeluggage brandsluggage manufacturerssouth plainfield new jerseyhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016 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 languages edit links this page was last modified on 31 july 2016 at 06 25 . 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