Rimowa Original Check-In M

Anodized aluminum check-in, 60L, 5.4kg. Aluminum became Rimowa's material in 1937 because it was the only stock that survived a factory fire that year. The grooves came in 1950, borrowed from the corrugated panels of the Junkers F13, the first all-metal passenger plane. Corrugation makes thin metal rigid without adding weight; aircraft used it for fuselages, Rimowa used it for cases. The grooves are not decoration.