Red Oxx Manufacturing, Inc. is an American manufacturing company which produces travel luggage.[1][2] The company was founded in 1986 by Jim Markel Sr., a retired Green Beret Captain, and was joined by his son Jim Markel Jr. and Perry Jones, also retired military parachute riggers.[3] In the U.S., the products have won a 'National Award for Luggage'.[4] Also, the Red Oxx Safari Beano bag was Outside Magazine's 2004 Bag of the Year.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "TED ANDERSON, VENTURES WEST PRESIDENT", The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2006
  2. ↑ RED OXX CARRY-ON, St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 18, 2006
  3. ↑ Red Oxx history
  4. ↑ Billings, Mont., Company Bags National Award for Luggage, Billings Gazette, April 15, 2004, Outside Buyer's Guide has selected a bag made by Red Oxx Manufacturing
  5. ↑ 2004 Bag of the Year Outside Magazine


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