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{{Short description|Travel accessory manufacturer}}

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| name = Delsey

| logo = DELSEY LOGO.png

| type = [[S.A. (corporation)|Société Anonyme]]

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| foundation = 1946 (in France)

| founder = Emil Delahaye & André & Walter Seynhaeve

| ___location = [[Tremblay-en-France]] (France)

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Guenther Trieb (CEO)

| industry = Luggage

| products =

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| homepage = {{url|www.delsey.com}}

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[[File:G27 ready to board@BJN (20150807090052).JPG|thumb|A Delsey store in [[Beijing South railway station]].]]

[[File:DelseyParisRichmondHill.jpg|thumb|Delsey office in North America]]

'''Delsey''' ({{IPA|fr|delsɛː}}) is a French company which manufactures luggage and travel accessories. It is based in [[Tremblay-en-France]], in the Paris suburbs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=5451550|title=Delsey S.A.: Private company information|publisher=[[Bloomberg Business]]|accessdate=2015-03-07}}</ref> Delsey employs 400 staff, and has a turnover of about {{Euro|130 million|link=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://coolbagsclub.com/delsey-luggage-reviews/|title=Delsey|publisher=Argan Capital Advisers|accessdate=2015-03-07}}</ref> As of 2010, it held second place in the global luggage market, behind [[Samsonite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/industrie/delsey-contre-samsonite/chiffre-d-affaires.shtml|title=Samsonite huit fois plus gros que Delsey|author=Céline Deluzarche|publisher=[[:fr:Le Journal du Net]]|language=French|date=2010-07-20|accessdate=2015-03-07}}</ref>

== History ==

In 1911, the Établissements Delahaye specialised in the manufacture of cases for cameras and covered cases for typewriters and record players. Émile Delahaye and the Seynhaeve brothers joined forces in 1946, combining their names to create the Delsey brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delsey.com/default/the-story-of-delsey-heritage.html|title=The Story of Delsey|publisher=Delsey|accessdate=2015-03-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131080738/http://www.delsey.com/default/the-story-of-delsey-heritage.html|archivedate=2014-01-31}}</ref> Delsey made use of its experience in the production of camera and record player cases to form a department specializing in travel items in moulded plastic.{{Citation needed|date = April 2015}}

==Innovations==

In early 2015, Delsey unveiled a prototype "smart suitcase" called ''Pluggage'', containing built-in electronic gadgets which communicate with a [[smartphone app]]. Features include a [[weighing scale]], locator beacon, [[wireless speaker]], remote locking, and phone charger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/01/13/delsey-pluggage-prototype-video/|title=Delsey's luggage weighs itself, charges phones, knows the weather|author=Mariella Moon|publisher=[[Engadget]]|date=2015-01-13|accessdate=2015-03-07}}</ref> This is similar to the competing [[Airbus#Bag2Go|Airbus Bag2Go]] and [[Bluesmart]] cases which are being developed at the same time as Delsey's product.

== Competition ==

The Delsey company had is origin in the Delahaye company which, in [[1911]], specialized in the manufacture of [[cameras]], [[typewriters]] and [[record players]].

* [[Samsonite]]

Mr. Delahaye and the Seynhaeve Brothers joined forces in 1946 to set up '''Delsay'''. Their individual and joint experience let to them setting up a department producing moulded plastic "travel items" in [[1965]]. This resulted in the introduction of the first Delsey hard-side suitcase.

* [[VIP Industries|VIP Bags]]

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==References==

Delsey is, as of [[2005]], the world's second largest suitcase manufacturer. No fewer than 3 million pieces are sold every year to the traveling society.

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== External links ==

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[*{{Official website|http://www.delsey.com DELSEY]}}

* [http://shop.delsey.us Official website-US]

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[http://www.delsey.com DELSEY]

[[Category:Manufacturing companies of France]]

[[Category:French brands]]

[[Category:Luggage brands]]

[[Category:Luggage manufacturers]]

[[Category:French companies established in 1946]]