photographic accessories including bags but specialising in tripods and supports . founded in france by ars ne gitzhoven in 1917 initially producing cameras shutters and cable releases but between 1942 and 1944 with world war ii the company closed for the duration of the occupation . citation needed during the 1950s tripods were introduced into their product range and shortly after gitzhoven retired and his daughter yvonne plieger took over the company . she and her husband became more and more dedicated to creating a range of high quality photographic tripods . in 1992 gitzo became part of the vitec group that also owns manfrotto described in corporate literature as a multinational holding company specialised in supporting professional photographers broadcasters and filmmakers . 1 in 2005 gitzo completed their transfer of production from france to italy a process which began in 2001 . 1 references edit a b gitzo 2007 catalogue external links edit official website this photography related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gitzo & oldid 651698383 categories photography equipmentcompanies established in 1917french brandsphotography stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 16 march 2015 at 22 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view