COFRA

The company was established in 1938 by Ruggiero Cortellino as Cortelgomma, a small workshop where shoes were manufactured using the tyres of military trucks for the soles and military uniforms for the uppers. The founder’s passion and enterprise let the small workshop turn into a company in few years, producing hundreds of pairs per day, distributed all over Italy.

In 1983 the company became COFRA which is now managed by Giuseppe Cortellino, the founder’s son, and the internationalization process has begun.

COFRA keeps on growing thanks to a wise and innovative management, which has led it to become a leader in the safety footwear market as well as a wellknown brand in Europe and all over the world.

Its constant commitment to quality was acknowledged in 1997 when COFRA was the first footwear manufacturer in Italy to obtain the UNI EN ISO 9001 Quality System Certificate.

Since 2004 diversification and product increase has started.

1938 Cortelgomma was born

1983 Cortelgomma became COFRA

1989 The beginning of the Safety division

1997 COFRA, the first footwear manufacturer in Italy to obtain UNI EN ISO 9001 Quality System

Certificate

2003 the beginning of international market expansion outside UE (Middle East, Eastern Europe,

Australia, Canada, USA)

2004 the beginning of the Workwear division

2004 establishment of COFRA USA

2008 D&B rating 1 company recognition, acknowledgment for highest creditworthiness, still

confirmed

2011 protective gloves collection is launched

2012 protective masks collection is launched

2013 protective glasses collection is launched

Head office in Barletta

55.000 m² total area

30.000 m² covered surface

25.000 m² stock surface

375 employees

7.000 linked industry employes

20.000 units sold everyday

Factory sited in Albania

30.000 m² total area

20.000 m² covered surface

1.800 people directly employed

10.000 pairs of footwear produced every day