In 1972, Lino Manfrotto met Gilberto Battocchio, a technician working for a Bassano mechanical firm.

[3] Vinten Group chose to maintain the brands as separate lines in its portfolio.

Over the years the company transformed from a simple tripod manufacturer into a manufacturer of LED lights, bags and accessories for specialists (also the National Geographic bag under license), table tripods for smartphones, even backpacks for drones that use them as landing fields.

[4] In 2017 (year of Lino Manfrotto's death) the group has, in addition to the headquarters in Cassola, factories in Feltre and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Great Britain, 9 commercial branches, 735 employees, a turnover of 201 million euros.

95% made with exports, 30% of the tripods sold worldwide bear the Manfrotto brand.