is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2009 armored trunk manufacturing company the armored group inc. type private company headquarters north hollywood california u.s. key people louis kaye president products road cases pelican cases storm cases seahorse cases website www.innerspacecases.com founded in 1920 by louis knell the youngstown ohio based armored trunk manufacturing company was one of america s largest manufacturers of steamers trunks and luggage . during the dust bowl armored relocated west to los angeles california where the company developed a reputation for building quality products to protect belongings while in transit . during war times armored built footlockers for troops traveling overseas . with the introduction of commercial airline travel armored grew into one of the largest footlocker and luggage manufacturers in the country utilizing its los angeles based factory to produce goods with new york city sales and distribution office serving some of the biggest national chains . through the 1980s armored introduced specialty luggage packages such as its proprietary brands alfredo fettuccini sports network and luggage set in a box and through the licensing of key brands such as budweiser charles schulz s snoopy and friends and the 1984 olympic team usa . sales surged as armored became the largest luggage and trunk manufacturer west of the mississippi river . in 1994 after much resistance to the changing marketplace for cheap imported goods armored trunk manufacturing company sold its trunk manufacturing production line to seward trunk company . seward was subsequently purchased by mercury luggage co. of jacksonville florida forming the largest manufacturer of luggage and trunks in the united states . after the divestiture of the trunk manufacturing production line armored focussed on its specialty line innerspace cases a manufacturer of ata style custom protective road cases . external links edit innerspace cases custom case manufacturer mercury luggage corporate site antique trunk manufacturer history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title armored trunk manufacturing company & oldid 743516438 categories luggage manufacturerscinematographymanufacturing companies based in los angeleshistory of los angeleshidden categories orphaned articles from june 2009all orphaned 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 55 . 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