Over 60 years of glove making experience, innovation and
passion culminates in the current range of Held motorcycles gloves.
Held gloves have won the prestigious Motorrad magazine best
Brand Award every year since the inception of 33,000+ reader survey, increasing
their share of the vote each time. Here are a few reasons why…….. here’s a
quick run through history of Held brand…….
In 1946 the Held family found a new home in the Bavarian
town of Burgberg, bringing their glove manufacturing business with them. The
son, Edgar, was already an expert glove maker and – along with his wife, Erna –
ensured Held became known for producing some of the finest gloves in Germany.
By 1976, Held has focusing solely on the production of items
for motorcyclists, Held teams up with 11-time European Motocross Champion,
Erwin Schmider to develop the first dedicated MX glove. By this stage the
company is already a trailblazer in the riding equipment industry.
In 1983 Held breaks the mould when it develops a radically
different sports glove in co-operation with Germany’s most successful road
racer of all time, Anton ‘Toni’ Mang. Input from the five-time 250 and 350GP
World Champion gave Held inspiration to create such an advanced specification
that it still forms the basis of all modern sports gloves.
2 years later, the level of innovation, which is by now
synonymous with Held products, extends to luggage, when the company releases
the world’s first high quality, magnetic nylon tank bag, which was colour
matched with the latest popular bike models.
1991, the first textile motorcycle suits arrive on them
market, with Held at the forefront of development…… Just one year later, Held
introduces a sports suit made of kangaroo leather. It is almost ten years
before other manufacturers catch up, but today, the lightweight, yet extremely
tough, hide is now used in almost all high-end race suits.
Four years later In the year the company celebrates its 50th
anniversary Held is awarded the first of many Motorrad magazine reader survey
Best Brand awards.1998 In response to demand from the trade and public alike,
Held launches its own line of affordable quality helmets.2001 Held introduces
the first glove to use carbon fibre protectors – another technology which was
since become an industry standard.
The Best Brand awards were instigated in 2006 and Held has
won the gloves section each year since.
2008 Held GmbH becomes the official importer of Arlen Ness,
Berik, KBC and other big brands to the Germany market.
2010 As well as picking up the Motorrad Best Brand Award for
its gloves for the fifth year running, Held is granted a coveted GORE-TEX
license and launches the outstanding Quattrotempi GORE-TEX®
collection.Throughout the last 60 years, there has been only one aim: to make
biking even better for motorcyclists who chose Held Rider Equipment – a
tradition which the Held family intends to maintain indefinitely. Held luggage
was also honoured with a Best Brand Award for our tank bags, and we also ranked
4th out of 43 in the textile clothing awards.
2013 Held brand range was imported and distributed by Road
Automobil for Malaysian market.As well as making an unwavering commitment to
rider safety through the design and production of top quality protective
motorcycle clothing, Held supports rider wellbeing in other important areas.
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