Guy Mainwaring

Managing Director @Held Uk Ltd

Harrogate, GB

Held means \'hero\' in German. Over the last eight decades, Held has grown, from a small family glovemaking business, into Germany\'s favourite and best respected producer of motorcycle clothing and accessories.Held gloves are renowned as being the best in the business, winning countless international awards, including the prestigious Motorrad Best Brand for the past Six years running. They are trusted by riders the world over, with many professional racers refusing to wear anything else. The company applies the same quality driven philosophy to its entire range of jackets, pants, suits, boots, luggage and accessories. Only the best materials and uncompromising manufacturing techniques are used in the creation of every item, so that riders who choose Held can rely on the fact they are getting the best price : performance ratio available, whatever their budget.The company is still family owned and run, with two generations of Helds personally attending to the design, development, manufacture and quality control of their products. Indeed, brothers and managing directors, Edgar and Erhard Held, can often be found on the factory floor, grading hides by hand because they enjoy it.The Held family never set out to become the biggest independent German motorcycle clothing brand, so all this success has been achieved without fancy marketing. Their only intention was to produce the best possible equipment for their fellow motorcycle riders. And they continue to do this today in the same picturesque Bavarian town they set up shop in all those years ago.