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VITECGROUP EXPANDS INBRITAIN Something old, something new: established Vitec Group opens new building

the industry leadership they have built in key areas of the broadcast market.” The Vitec Group employs around 1700 people in 11 different countries across the globe and is organised into three divisions; imaging solutions, production solutions and creative solutions. The Vitec Group plc is publicly traded on the LSE with 2017 revenues of £378.1 million. In 1910, William Vinten founded a company to manufacture projection machines for Kinemacolor, the world’s first successful colour motion picture

support brands, including Autocue, Autoscript, O’Connor, Sachtler and Vinten. The factory includes an advanced carbon-fibre cell for the manufacture of the award-winning camera tripod, flowtech. “After a 54-year presence in Bury St Edmunds, the investment in this new purpose-built site reflects the success of our premium brands in the global marketplace,” said Stephen Bird, Group CEO. “We’re very proud of the outstanding accomplishments of our people and our products, and

he Vitec Group’s Production Solutions Division has opened a new facility, on a new site in Bury St Edmunds, UK, a town where The new 66,000 square foot Vitec Production Solutions UK headquarters is the latest achievement in Vitec’s ongoing investment in Bury St Edmunds and in British engineering and manufacturing. Employing close to 200 people, the new facility is the design home of the company’s teleprompting and broadcast camera they have been since 1964.

ABOVE Supporting its positive view of the future, Vitec Group has opened a new UK HQ.

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