Tough Box
Excelsior Roto Moulding has teamed up with an innovative outdoor company to create super-tough luggage that can withstand extreme conditions.
The British rotational moulding firm has put its head together with Adventure Orb Designs to create the Tough Box (TBX), with the first batch of TBXs rolling off the production line in spring of this year.
Excelsior supported Adventure Orb with the design and manufacture of the main body of the waterproof, corrosion-resistant, shatterproof and maneuverable piece of kit.
The TBX as a luggage piece is unique, comprising a single piece composition of its roto-moulded polyethylene main body which, in the absence of joints is waterproof and buoyant.
Excelsior was awarded the deal to work alongside Adventure Orb, because the outdoor company wanted a partner that could both contribute to the design of the product and undertake its production. Excelsior is one of the few companies in the roto-moulding sector with an in-house CAD design facility, allowing the TBX teams at both companies to develop the concept into a valid design using virtual 3D modeling technology.
Giles Fielding, Managing Director at Excelsior, said: "This was a tremendously engaging project for Excelsior, where we relish a challenge. It was particularly gratifying to be able to handle the job in-house, from concept to production, and of course this meant that we were able to do the work efficiently and cost-effectively."
Adventure Orb Managing Director Ben Sherwood added: "Another of Excelsior’s main advantages was its attitude: it shared my passion for innovation and the team was never short of ideas. Its 40-year roto-moulding heritage and family ownership was also immediately apparent, not only in the skill that the firm brought to the job, but also in its pride and passion."
