Red Oxx Manufacturing

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Red Oxx Manufacturing, Inc. is an American manufacturing company which produces travel luggage.{{Citation | last = Archer | first = Bert | title = TED ANDERSON, VENTURES WEST PRESIDENT | newspaper = The Globe and Mail | date = December 6, 2006 | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061206.EXEC06/TPStory/Travel | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930062920/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061206.EXEC06/TPStory/Travel | archive-date = 2007-09-30 | access-date = 2024-02-25 }}{{citation|title=RED OXX CARRY-ON|publisher= St. Paul Pioneer Press |date=June 18, 2006 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SP/lib00247,11268E63C69BD178.html}} The company was founded in 1986 in Billings, Montana, by Jim Markel Sr., a retired Green Beret Captain, and originally produced fitness equipment. {{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=Veteran-owned Red Oxx making high-quality bags in Billings for nearly 3 decades |url=https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-made/veteran-owned-red-oxx-making-high-quality-bags-in-billings-for-nearly-3-decades |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Q2 News (KTVQ) |language=en}} He was later joined by his son Jim Markel Jr. and Perry Jones, all of whom are retired military parachute riggers.[http://www.redoxx.com/misc/our-story.tpl Red Oxx history] In the U.S., the products have won a 'National Award for Luggage'.{{citation|title=Billings, Mont., Company Bags National Award for Luggage|publisher= Billings Gazette |date= April 15, 2004|quote=Outside Buyer's Guide has selected a bag made by Red Oxx Manufacturing|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118297944.html?refid=gg_x_02}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Also, the Red Oxx Safari Beano bag was Outside Magazine's 2004 Bag of the Year.[http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/gear.tcl?gear=Red-Oxx-PR5-Safari-Beano-s-Bag&gear_id=218&action=showgear 2004 Bag of the Year] Outside Magazine As of 2017, Red Oxx sells about $2.5 million per year of their products.{{Cite web |last=Doucette |first=Kitt |date=2017-12-04 |title=Building a Tougher Bag |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/gear/goruck-is-building-a-tougher-bag-20130712 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.mensjournal.com |language=en}}