Blacksmith Nicola Codega founded C.A.M.P. in 1889 to produce wrought-iron goods. The company first entered the climbing equipment business in 1920 when Nicola's son Antonio started making ice axes for the Italian Army Alpine Corps. The firm continued to grow and was handed down through the family.
From about 1950 through 1976, C.A.M.P. used a diamond-shaped logo bearing "D CN & FD CAMP" for "Ditta Cogenda Nicola & Figli De Cogedga Antonio Metilde Premana."
In 1968, C.A.M.P. entrusted Robert Charles Maillot and his firm Interalp to distribute C.A.M.P. products outside Italy. These products bore both C.A.M.P. and INTERALP logos. Their relationship continued until 1980.
C.A.M.P. changed its name to "Construzione Articoli Montagna Premana" in 1972.
In 1972 C.A.M.P. started using a new logo with "CAMP" inside a rounded rectangle above a mountain. The transition was completed around 1976.
C.A.M.P. introduced a new wolfs-head logo in 1992.
C.A.M.P. acquired Cassin in 1997.
In 2003 C.A.M.P. again changed the company name, this time to "Concezione Articoli Montagna Premana" and changed their logo to CAMP in italics.
C.A.M.P. introduced another new logo in 2022 and returned to the name "Construzione Articoli Montagna Premana."
Denis Pivot of C.A.M.P. provided the following information on C.A.M.P.'s relationships with other manufacturers:
CAMP and Other Manufacturers
CAMP has always maintained good relations with its competitors. The biggest brands (Chouinard, Black Diamond, Lowe, Cassin, Salewa, Simond, Charlet-Moser, Petzl), thanks to the confidence they had in CAMP's manufacturing quality, subcontracted the manufacturing of mountain equipment to CAMP. This was an opportunity for the latter to make its industrial tooling profitable.
CAMP – Interalp
In 1968, CAMP entrusted its French multi-card agent, Mr. Robert Charles Maillot, with the marketing of its products outside Italy. Through his company INTERALP, Maillot distributed various brands of mountain equipment in Europe and thus helped to make CAMP known outside Italy. In the 1970s, it was common to stamp the manufacturer and distributor brand on equipment, such as Robbins (distributor in the USA of the Alpélit brand) and Alpélit (French manufacturer of ice axes).
Over time, INTERALP focused on developing its own company and hid CAMP's role as designer and manufacturer. CAMP, unable to accept this, withdrew distributing from INTERALP in 1980 and reorganized its distribution network worldwide.
(Without the CAMP brand, the INTERALP company disappeared in a few years…)
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↑ 107: C.A.M.P./Interalp Alpamayo
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↑ 031: C.A.M.P./Interalp Alpamayo
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↑ 198: C.A.M.P./Interalp Bernina
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↑ 134: C.A.M.P./Interalp Cerro Torre
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↑ 219: C.A.M.P./Interalp Jungfrau
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↑ 168: C.A.M.P./Interalp Sentinelle Rouge
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↑ 169: C.A.M.P./Interalp Sentinelle Rouge