WaterRower Ltd. has been in Germany since 1994. In 2005, the NOHRD manufacturing facility emerged at their headquarters in Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, designing and producing high-quality fitness equipment out of wood. Alongside the well-established WaterRower machine (made in the US), they successfully introduced the new WaterWorkx to the market. Further NOHRD products soon followed: WeightWorkx, WallBars, SwingBells, and the WaterGrinder. In 2013, they presented the SlimBeam to the fitness industry, promptly receiving the German PlusX Award for High Quality and Design!
The label NOHRD perseveres in standing for high quality, design, and sustainability, with their constant focus on the selection of natural and sustainably managed materials.
The leather they use
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The tanning is "Made in Germany“.
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Adheres to ISO 9001 (standardized quality system).
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Exclusively vegetable tanned/authentic leather scent.
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Extremely high skin tolerance (unlike chrome leather).
Even high-quality genuine leather may display undesired natural characteristics. There are no hides without blemishes. Often, surface treatments with polyurethane or acrylates are used, which render the leather an unnatural, synthetic look. Their vegetable tanned leather remains largely natural. It will darken slightly, over time.