of London and Hanwell, supplier of computer accessories; maker of personal computers
of Alperton
of St Albans
1975 The company was formed as Boniel Plastics Ltd
1976 Company renamed Viglen Acrylics Ltd
1985 Supplier of computers and accessories for home and small businesses.[1]
1985 Viglen Acrylics Ltd changed its name to Viglen Ltd
1987 Making IBM compatible personal computers[2]
1994 Acquired by Amstrad
1997 It was listed as a public limited company, Viglen Ltd. Amstrad plc shares were split into Viglen and Betacom shares, Betacom being renamed as Amstrad PLC.
Viglen provides both desktop and server systems to the education and public sectors. Viglen also has interests in other IT markets such as managed services, high-performance clusters, and network-attached storage.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Computing History
- Companies house filings