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Nanai – A new concept in luxurious exotic leather and highest quality

Nanai is salmon leather, made in Germany and the only producer of Nanaileather worldwide. The aim of the company was to produce high-quality salmon leather on a large scale, with an eco-friendly, 100% chrome-free tanning process. Years of research and highly advanced technologies helped to retain the unique texture of the skin. Nanaileather is a  superior alternative to other exotic leathers- quite similar to snake skin. Nanai is made from organically farmed salmon fish – as a by-product of the smoked salmon industry – and not from any endangered species. Nanai can be used and enjoyed with a clear conscience. Nanai is produced with the highest standards in eco-friendly European manufacturing…

 

 

Nanai – A new concept in luxurious exotic leather and highest quality

For millennia, the indigenous Nanai referred to as the Golden Ones inhabited Eastern Siberia along the southern stretch  of the 4,500 km long Black Dragon River, also known as the Amur. The Nanai folk have refined the art of tanning fish skins over generations. For centuries they have used this very strong, durable, yet soft  leather for making boats, tents, wallets, purses, as well as for jewelry and clothing used in religious shamanism rites. These unique handcrafts and the traditional origins of the organic tanning process served as the inspiration to found the company nanai…

 

Nanai – A new concept in luxurious exotic leather and highest quality

The Bischofsmais Company recognized from the start that it could not let such unique art disappear into oblivion. Its technical tanning specialists worked for years with the Nanai folk, searching for the roots of their tradition and inspiration. They conducted numerous tests and were able to reconstruct and optimize the organic tanning process handed down for generations. nanai leather now undergoes a modernized , environmentally-friendly, multi-stage process. Years of research and highly advanced technologies help retain the unique texture of the skin. nanai has mastered this balancing act by using organic tanning methods to achieve excellent properties for the end product…

 

Nanai – A new concept in luxurious exotic leather and highest quality

The high quality raw material assures high-quality and unique product characteristics: long lasting, superior comfort, color fastness, and low abrasion. Nanai’s versatility makes it ideal for a broad range of products. Featuring a variety of colors and mulitdimensional  character, our inspiring leather provides endless possibilities. Nanai show’s a completely new haptic – an exclusive leather free of harmful chemicals, which can be used without any compunction…

 

Nanai – A new concept in luxurious exotic leather and highest quality

Nanai is available by the meter-panels in all dimensions, upon specific request. The skin for the leather panel is carefully trimmed and stitched to a rectangular size.