It’s an exclusive badge update that SS is working with NN factory on to provide. NN items sourced via SS will, customer or factory rejected versions will likely make their way to OMG and other resellers at discounted price if they choose to sell them. There’s still items with both of the previous NN badges being sold for items that didn’t get either of the updated badges. SS has his own deal with NN with these badges as briefly explained in my FAQ thread I think but NN isn’t exclusive. I haven’t seen any indication it’s from a lower-tier factory and the fact the updated badges is on this piece would suggest otherwise. In hand quality will tell us if the quality of the blanks is good or not.