Hartmann Luggage

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| founded = 1877, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| founder = Joseph S. Hartmann

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| parent = Samsonite

| website = https://shop.hartmann.com/

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Hartmann Luggage is a manufacturer of luggage and leather goods established in 1877 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eKBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PSIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4642,974704&dq=hartmann+luggage&hl=en A Smart Set Of Smart Hartmann] Milwaukee Journal - Dec 10, 1935

in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by trunkmaker Joseph S. Hartmann, a Bavarian.

In 1956, the company opened a manufacturing operation in Lebanon, Tennessee, and the company's headquarters and plant facilities followed in 1959. Hartmann was bought by Brown Forman Corporation{{Cite web |url=http://www.hartmann.com/shop/history.asp |title=Hartmann History |access-date=2011-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129101427/http://www.hartmann.com/shop/history.asp |archive-date=2011-11-29 |url-status=dead }}Brown-Forman may sell Hartmann Courier - Journal - Aug 31, 2006 before being acquired by private equity firm Clarion Capital Partners in 2007.Brown-Forman Completes Sale of Hartmann, Inc.

Publication: Business Wire

Publication Date: 01-MAY-07

Hartmann luggage has been recognized as being of fine quality.{{cite web| url = http://gardenandgun.com/article/made-south-awards-2011?page=0%2C5| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111119231945/http://gardenandgun.com/article/made-south-awards-2011?page=0,5| archive-date = 2011-11-19| title = 2011 Made in the South Winners}} The company is known for producing distinctive collections of luggage such as Wings and Tweed, which are associated with traditional American style. Many of its products were manufactured in the United States and are now outsourced globally, but mostly China and other parts of Asia. The Tweed Collection was updated & re-named Tweed Legend in 2018.

The Associated Press published on September 1, 2007:

"Hartmann Luggage spokesman Ronald Roberts said the manufacturing operation will be moved outside the U.S.

We'll be working with the Caribbean, Central America and China".

Hartmann Luggage was sold to Samsonite in May 2012 and the Factory and Head Office in Lebanon, TN, closed in December 2012.{{Cite news|last=Wahba|first=Phil|date=2012-08-02|title=Exclusive: Samsonite buys Hartmann in luxury push|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsonite-hartmann-idINBRE8711LM20120802|access-date=2021-05-18}}{{Cite web|last=Ng|first=Jeffrey|title=Samsonite buys luggage firm Hartmann for $35 mln|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/samsonite-buys-luggage-firm-hartmann-for-35-mln-2012-08-02|access-date=2021-05-18|website=MarketWatch|language=EN-US}}{{Cite web|title=Samsonite Expands Presence in Luxury Luggage Market with Agreement to Acquire US-based Hartmann Brand|url=https://www.clarion-capital.com/news-article/samsonite-expands-presence-luxury-luggage-market-agreement-acquire-us-based-hartmann-brand|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Clarion Capital|language=en-US}}