Ortovox’s story starts in 1976 with the foundation of Gerald Kampel’s engineering office for metrology. As early as 1980, with the help of Jürgen Wegner, Ortovox developed the F2, the first dual frequency device for searching for buried avalanche victims. Since then Ortovox has constantly been developing new products, most notably their world renowned Ortovox avalanche transceivers, are a must have for avalanche safety. Now they produce the full range of Avalanche safety equipment and also produce clothing, backpacks and merino wool thermal underwear.