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RIMOWA
RIMOWA is the German luggage house founded in Cologne in 1898 by Paul Morszeck. Its product history moves from early wood cases to aluminium luggage, the grooved suitcase and later polycarbonate construction, with travel, repair and durable design at the centre of its identity. The Morszeck family’s founder and product-leadership story is recorded separately from present LVMH ownership, avoiding an invented house-wide fashion creative-director role. RIMOWA became part of LVMH in 2016. The directory treats LVMH reporting as parent-group context only: it does not label consolidated Fashion & Leather Goods figures as RIMOWA-only revenue, earnings or valuation unless a source explicitly does so.
- Country
- Germany
- Founded
- 1898
- Founder
- Paul Morszeck
- Ownership
- LVMH
- Revenue scope
- Consolidated LVMH
- Documented milestones
- 6
- Paul Morszeck — Founder1898–Present · business · current · LVMH
- Richard Morszeck — Second-Generation Product Leader1930–Present · luggage · current · LVMH
- Dieter Morszeck — Third-Generation Chief Executive and Product Innovator1972–2016 · luggage · former · LVMH
- 1898 — Workshop foundedPaul Morszeck opens his Cologne luggage business.
- 1937 — Aluminium casesRichard Morszeck introduces durable aluminium luggage.
- 1950 — Grooved designParallel grooves become a defining visual signature.
- 2000 — Polycarbonate luggageThe company introduces a lightweight polycarbonate case.
- 2017 — LVMH acquisitionLVMH completes its acquisition of an initial 80 percent stake.
- 2021 — Sole ownershipLVMH reports that it holds all RIMOWA shares.