History

In 1977, Ingrid and Hanjö Rick conceived the idea of producing accessories in the arts and crafts tradition in order to communicate their concept of interior design. The first headquarters of their company IHR was an old village school in Lower Saxony in the north of Germany.

They soon discovered the tissue napkin as a design object and the basis of stylish table decorations and turned it into the key feature of their product.

The young company grew steadily, becoming the trendsetter in its line of business and is today considered to be the international market leader in the field of high-class table decoration and interior accessories.

The range of more than 8,000 products is distributed through upmarket individual retailers (such as china and kitchenware shops, stationery and office goods suppliers, gift shops, interior designers and furniture outlets, but also flower shops and garden centres) in most countries of the world.

IHR is exclusively represented in all European countries, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

In 1992, IHR founded a subsidiary, the Decoprint.

Decoprint is a flexoprinting company that produces the IHR collections and has earned an international reputation for top-quality napkins. The prime napkin lines of a number of companies are now produced at Decoprint.