W Vinten was founded in 1910, incorporated in 1928 and floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1972.

The company changed its name to Vinten Group Limited in 1973 and eventually to Vinten Group plc in 1984.

As a consequenceof the expansion of the Group through various acquisitions during the next ten years, the company was renamed Vitec Group plc in 1995 and eventually to The Vitec Group plc in 2001.

Year Acquisitions Disposals Other Events
2009   IFF

  
2008 Litepanels

The Camera Store

Talkdynamics

    
2007 RF Systems

Staging SK

    
2006 Tomcat Global Corporation

The Japanese photographic distribution activities

A minority shareholding in Media Numerics Ltd

Petrol

ALC Broadcast Limited (the holding company for the Autoscript prompting businesses)

    
2005 The business and assets of Kata International Limited and Kata Professional (Kimchi & Tishler) Limited.

    
2004 The majority of the operating assets and certain of the liabilities of Charter Broadcast North America Inc.

    
2004 Distribution activities of Multiblitz

    
2003 Radamec Broadcast Systems

OConnor Engineering

 ALU  
2002 Aspen Electronics

    
2001     Name changed to The Vitec Group plc
2000 Investment in Intersense

Duke City Video

    
1999 Vega

Litec

    
1998 Drake Electronics

Systems Wireless

Intercom Specialties

 Internet
Videocommunications 		 
1997 Clear-Com

MVS

Anton/Bauer

    
1996   W Vinten  
1995 Sachtler Group

BERC 		  Name changed to Vitec Group plc
1993 Bogen Photo Corp

TSM Inc

Internet
Videocommunications

 Vinten Electro-Optics

Exotic
Materials Inc 		 
1992 Gitzo

    
1991 Bexel Vinten Analytical Systems  
1989 Manfrotto Group

    
1984 Sig Davall

    
1983 Trivector Systems International

Spectron

    
1982 Exotic Materials Inc Vinten KK established in Japan

Vinten Electro-Optics established