Like many other famous bag companies, Maxpedition started as a company working for military purposes. It was founded in 1988, and has its headquarters, as well as main working and producing facilities in Gardena, CA. The history of the company started with its being a small workshop, that produced hard-use military specification nylon gear. Nylon was and remains today one of the greatest advantages of Maxpedition products.
Maxpedition officials state, their corporate philosophy is based on constant self-improvement. When the company started to reach popularity and fame in 1990s, it turned to the most user-friendly designs, aimed at various target audiences, of various age, gender and social status. It also tried to use only highest quality materials and meticulous workmanship. Maxpedition hires a number of scientists, that work on hard-use nylon engineering and offer the most useful and ergonomic fabrication techniques. Strict ergonomic considerations and distinctive style are distinctive of all Maxpedition products. Trying to work up to its philosophy, the company brings constant product innovations in its designs and materials, as well as in the way of producing. It also arranges extensive outdoor all-weather product testings to prove, their products are really worth putting the name of the company on – the name, that has become the synonym of high quality and responsibilities.
The unique materials, used by the company, are worth special mentioning. Thus, for example, in Maxpedition bags they use triple polyurethane and ballistic nylon fabric, that produce water resistance, #AS-100 high grade closed-cell foam padding material, that ensures shock protection, as well as high tensile strength nylon webbing and threads for more elastic, yet strong fabrics. All stress points of the bags are double-stitched or "Box-and-X" stitched, that also adds strength. Some of these techniques belong to Maxpedition only.
