ColcaSac was a
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
based company, started in 2004 as AppleSac, that specializes in the making of
sleeves
A sleeve ( ang, slīef, a word allied to '' slip'', cf. Dutch ) is the part of a garment that covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips.
The sleeve is a characteristic of fashion seen in almost every country and time period, ac ...
specifically for small-format computers and phones. The company started by producing protective sleeves for the
Apple MacBook.
Due to trademark issues with
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...
, the company changed its name from AppleSac to ColcaSac in 2009. It terminated activities in 2014.
Because of a high demand for PC and laptop sleeves, ColcaSac began producing custom sleeves upon request in 2007. The company claims that natural fabrics and earthy colors reduce attractiveness to thieves.
As a company ColcaSac engages in environmentally respectful standards and is a member of
1% for the Planet
One Percent for the Planet is an international organization whose members contribute at least one percent of their annual revenue to environmental causes to protect the environment. The aim is to offer accountability, prevent greenwashing and "ce ...
.
By 2010, the company had started producing protective sleeves for a wide variety of hardware beyond the MacBook:
Kindle,
iPhone,
iPod Touch and
iPod Classic
The iPod Classic (stylized and marketed as iPod classic and formerly iPod Video or just iPod) is a discontinued portable media player created and formerly marketed by Apple Inc.
There were six generations of the iPod Classic, as well as a sp ...
using material such as
hemp fibers.
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