Brand's Legacy

Basic Information

Brand NameGlobe-Trotter
FounderDavid Nelken
Year of Establishment1897
Origin CountryGermany | 1897-1930
United Kingdom | 1932-
Creative Hub CountryGermany
United Kingdom
Creative Hub CityDresden | Sachsen 1897-1932
London | England
Waltham Forest | manufacturing | 1987-2012
Hoddesdon | Greater London | manufacturing | 2012-
Current StatusActive
Managing EntityGlobe-Trotter | Sächs. Kofferfabrik | 1897-XX
∅ | lack of information, much of ashes | Dresden | XX-1932
Moved to UK | 1932 | ※ Nazis become ruling party in this year
∅ | lack of information, much of ashes | London | 1932-1959
Globe-trotter Suit Case Co. Limited | Nelken Family | 1959
∅ | lack of filing records, exempt or dormant | 1960s–1980s
Malcolm Payton | Lambert Howarth Group plc | 1985-1989
Malcolm Payton | Acquisition | Custom Holdings UK | 1989-2001
ICBM Group Limited | Full Acquisition | 2002-2006
ICBM + Starnervesse + BLBG | Takubo's Joint Scheme | 2006–2017
BLBG Co. Ltd. | portfolio changes | Marubeni Europe PLC | 2017-2020
Oakley Capital | Full Acquisition | Globe-Trotter Group Ltd. | 2020-
Official Websitehttps://www.globe-trotter.com/
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Multilingual Notation

Standard NotationGlobe-Trotter
English NameGlobe-Trotter
Original NameSächs. Kofferfabrik "Stabilist" Friedr. Jone und Co | 1897-XX | Manufacturing base or some kind of relationship | estimation
Stabilist | Imperial German Patent Office | Geflechtsplatten | registered | 1900
Globe-Trotter | patented the use of Vulcanised Fibreboard in their suitcases | 1901
Chinese漫游家|Mànyóu jiā
Korean글로브 트로터
Japaneseグローブ・トロッター
CyrillicГлоуб-Троттер

Legacy Roster

Legacy RosterCreative Era
David Nelken1897-c.1960
Henry Nelken1959-XX
∅ | lack of information1960s-1980s | unclear period
Malcolm Payton1985-2000
Toshiyasu Takubo2000-

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