Enrico Granzotto founds in 1979 the handicraft company GRANZOTTO Snc in the province of Trevisana in Italy.In the following years, growing tourism has led to an increasing demand for sophisticated and high-quality walking and climbing aids for safe movement in alpine terrain. Also the recreational sport in the winter – off the slopes – occupies an ever greater value for amateur athletes and calls for high-quality equipment. And so it began TODAY … and a vision NORTEC as the pioneer of the MICRO CRAMPONS, is actually the field’s technological leader having redefined functionality and technical features of this equipment. Specializing in winter outdoor activities such as winter trail, alpine running and trekking as well as many years of experience in high performance sports make it possible for NORTEC to continuously expand the product range. The new product line RUNNING GEARS was launched and NORTEC offers now beside the micro crampons also high innovative and sophisticated accessories for winter and alpine runners such as micro gaiters, gloves, running belts and much more. The brand’s vision is to consolidate the technological leadership in the micro crampons field as keeping it as main product line and to become a specialist for the trail and mountain running accessories.