2007

Creative communications leads to some impressive bottom line results for two non-profit organizations. Programs produced for the National Center for Boundless Playgrounds and the Springfield Technical Community College Foundation raised nearly half a million dollars. On the video and web production front, projects for Pilot Pen and Spalding earn Telly Awards for the 15th and 16th time in the company's 20 year history.

2006

Visual Concepts celebrates its 20th anniversary in style as sales surge ten percent to an all time high. The second hour-long documentary following the treatment of young patients at Connecticut's only children's hospital airs to critical acclaim on Fox television in March. In August, an award-winning animated television commercial helps introduce the G-2 Mini for Pilot Pen.

2005

The company is again honored for the unique use of Flash design in major new web launches for Spalding Sports as well as for FRAM, Prestone, and Autolite, the Consumer Products Division of Honeywell Corporation.

2004

The year begins with the launch of the University of Hartford's new undergraduate admissions web site which is chosen by Macromedia as its "Site of the Day," for its innovative use of Flash design. The year ends with the acceptance of our first Emmy Award for production of the documentary "Orphan Orca: Saving Springer," for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

2003

Tired of writing rent checks every month, the company purchases its new 7500 square foot headquarters building at 276 Addison Road in Windsor, Connecticut. The building contains four AVID editing systems, a multi-format duplication area, room for a growing cadre of digital artists and programmers, and a used barbecue grill.

2001

Art Director Derek Dintzner is honored by the Connecticut Art Director's Club for design of an interactive CD-ROM for the Ben Hogan Golf Company. The CD is distributed to more than 50,000 consumers across the country and leads to the development of the Ben Hogan Golf Company's award winning web site.

1997

Filming the construction of Connecticut's first handicapped-accessible playground, the documentary Jonathan's Dream: A Dream Come True helps to launch an international non-profit organization dedicated to the building of similar play areas around the world. The program is honored by the International Television Association as the outstanding documentary of the year.

1996

The company launches www.visualconceptsinc.com, its first web site, and begins its transformation into an interactive production agency. Today, 60% of our business is generated from web and interactive design activities.

1995

With 10 employees and a growing stable of national clients, the company moves "across the parking lot" to a 6500 square foot facility on Newberry Road in Bloomfield. We are honored as the first of nearly a dozen Telly Awards for production of point-of-sale videos for Spalding Sports and LEGO Systems.

1992

With 638% growth in four years, Visual Concepts is named to the prestigious INC 500 list of the fastest growing, privately-held businesses in America.

1991

The company celebrates its fifth anniversary by hiring its 6th fulltime employee.

1990

The company surpasses $1,000,000 dollars in annual sales and expands into its third corporate office, a 3500 square foot facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut. We take possession of one of New England's first non-linear editing systems, AVID Media Composer serial number 6! Editor Rich Wright is locked in a room for 4 months putting together a three hour soccer training film. He is told not to emerge until he is proficient in non-linear editing. He loses 25 pounds in the process.

1989

"That sales meeting video looked great in your studio but when we got to the hotel, it looked and sounded terrible." Hearing the need for quality meeting and event production, Visual Concepts launches its Business Theatre department in order to produce and stage sales meetings across the country.

1988

Visual Concepts helps to introduce production of the Video News Release (VNR), a 1:30 news story submitted to television stations as an alternative to the written press release. An Associated Press article on the company's work appears in newspapers across the country. A national debate ensues over the use of so called "canned news" as a majority of television news directors claim they never use VNR material in their newscasts. But a national study reveals that over 90% of all American newscasts contain VNR footage.

1987

The company adds its first full time employee, a former television sportscaster, as an account executive and moves into a "spacious" 1000 square foot office on Day Hill Road in Windsor, Connecticut.

1986

Steve Shaw and Ric Serrenho, an award-winning television news team formed Visual Concepts with the expressed intention of bringing a "storytelling" approach to corporate communications. They establish operations in the second bedroom of Shaw's condominium, disguising their humble office address by referring to it as "Suite 77" instead of "Apartment 77."