Cofra company was established in 1938 by Ruggiero Cortellino, as a small workshop where shoes were manufactured using car tires. 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.


Since 1989 the separate Safety division was established for manufacturing protective work boots and shoes.


Today Cofra is one of the leaders in the safety shoe business and is a world-renowned company.


Cofra constantly invests in research and development, in order to offer innovative technology solutions to consumers.