In 1991 Travelpro exhibited for the first time at a national luggage show, and by 1994, it was extremely popular. The woman strolling through the concourse with a rolling, lightweight carry-on gliding effortlessly behind her is a very different image from the woman 100 years ago who needed at least two porters to haul her trunks from place to place. Yet what seem like vast improvements are really only subtle changes. I don't know if it's terribly different from a hundred years ago or a thousand years ago. It's a low-tech product.
Luggage evolves by playing with the permutations.
However minor the changes in luggage seem on the grand scale of things, it has kept up with the times as travel has become faster, more efficient and more accessible. Plath, now president of Travelpro, thinks any new technology in the near future is a long shot. Nothing will be more innovative until we can levitate the stuff. Henk Berg Leather Products - Tasmanian owned business specialising in unique high quality leather products including bags designed for laptop computers.