Former apprentice letterpress compositor Ted Ayerst founded VGL (Jadecal Signs) having seen the potential of pre-spaced lettering for marking signs and vehicles

Success means a move to a 2500sq ft factory in Denmark Street Maidenhead.

The Spacematic was the world’s first computer oprerated machine for producing pre-spaced letter sets - it was a revolution in signage

The arrival of CAD/CAM beds represented a new level of quality for producing lettering and logos.

VGL moves to Reading and the acquisition of a 16500 sq ft factory unites all aspects of their business

VGL are proud to be awarded BS5750 Pts I & II.

The groundbreaking Xerox 8954 is put to good use creating full colour bespoke prints to produce a one off launch vehicle for Virgin Cola.

A combination of screen and digital technologies were combined to proof and produce a new identity for over 400 vehicles.

VGL produces UK’s first full wrap media bus, for TDI.

The full train wrap for Guinness is another first for VGL.

Acquire and develop a new digital facitlity, the 25,000sq ft factory in Elgar Road.

A massive undertaking; planned, printed and installed by VGL. The Edgar Davids Euro 2000 has set the benchmark for awe-inspiring graphics. It’s an award winner and still a record breaker.

Used to great effect, it printed direct to plywood for the award winning signage for Sainsbury’s Market concept.

A busy time with the introduction of 3 roll to roll printers Frescos HiQ machines and Vutek 2360 8C Ultra Vu.

VGL introduces photographic production to it’s technologies with the arrival of the Lightjet 500XL.

Seeing the potential in soft signage and textile production we install the Artistri, a Japanese machine for the production of photo realistic images onto textiles.

The addition of our second HP Indigo Multistream S2000 makes our small format offer a big contender.

An exciting departure for VGL, we take beautiful bespoke digital printing online and direct to the interior design market.

VGL Install the Durst Rho 160R and the Durst Rho 320R – both now print white - a great addition to our digital offer.

Another step up in quality, the flat bed prints at industrial speeds with virtual photographic reproduction.

VGL's new factory takes total production space to over 6,000sqm, enabling investment in new Durst 500R - a superwide roll to roll UV printer.

Installation of second Onset S20 – printing at a speed of 310 square metres an hour, and the Durst Rhotex 320 arrives – the first printer for the industrial soft signage sector.