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1920 - 1940

1926

An Indian businessman, Mr.Rustam Vakil started Vakil & Sons with two treadle machines in the business district of Ballard Estate in Mumbai, India.

1940 - 1960

1946

Vakil & Sons is incorporated as a private limited

1947

Vakil & Sons is a founding member of The Bombay Presidency Printers and Lithographers Association

1949

The Mehta family, the present owners, take a controlling interest in the company.

1957

Vakil & Sons receives their first 'National Award for Excellence in Printing' from the Vice President of India, Dr S. Radhakrishnan(in the same line). Over the years, we have received the highest number of National Awards for excellence in printing.

1960 - 1980

1962

Mr.G.U. Mehta, our Managing Director, is appointed President of the All-India Federation of Master Printers. An Additional printing facility with modern offset presses is set up at Prabhadevi in central Mumbai.

1963

Vakil & Sons is the first company in India to introduce greeting cards.

1965

Vakil & Sons installs the first modern prepress department in India. Vakil & Sons acquires a 40% stake in Vakils, Feffer & Simons Pvt. Ltd., a joint Indo-American venture, engaged in book publishing and distribution.

1967

Vakil & Sons partners with designer Mickey Patel to pioneer humorous 'Frolic Cards' in India.

1970

Vakil & Sons invests in a major expansion of the offset printing facility by introducing high-speed presses.

1980

Installed a sophisticated phototypesetter LINOTRON 202, first of its kind in India.

1980 - 2000

1981

Vakil & Sons receives an order for printing two Christmas cards from UNICEF. This is the first time that UNICEF places an order with a company based in a developing country.

1982

Mr.Arun Mehta, our Managing Director, is appointed President of the All-India Federation of Master Printers. Vakil & Sons receives the book designing award from Leipzig International Book Design Company, a first by an Indian company.

1985

Mr.Arun Mehta is appointed as Chairman of the Development Council for the Printing industry, Governement of India. Vakil & Sons receives an award for employing the hightest number of people with disabilities in the small and medium industry segment.

1986

Vakil & Sons prints the 'History of the Congress' in three volumes. A prestigious publication for the Government of India, which is released by the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.

1994

Vakil & Sons is appointed as the Indian affliate of Bowne & Co. Inc., the world's largest financial printer.

1998

Premedia pre-press services launched for the global market.

2000 - 2020

2001

Vakils co-founds Softtype, Inc., a company incorporated in Palo Alto, USA, to focus on document management services.

2004

Vakils Premedia is incorporated to offer premedia and IT enabled services.

2006

Kahani Tree(a division of Vakils Feffer & Simons) focusing on promoting reading amongst children is launched.

2008

Modernization of the printing facilities. Installation of state-of-the-art five-colour offset press from Japan.

2010

Vakils Premedia launches pharmaceutical artwork services through its partnership with Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

2011

JVX Media Services is incorporated to offer XBRL Services.

2013

Vakils Premedia launches IT and App development services.

2015

Kahani Tree opens a children's book store at our Prabhadevi Office

2016

Bimal Mehta, our Managing Director, is presented with the 'Trendsetter of the Printing Industry' award by the Mumbai Murdrak Sangh during their Printers' Day celebration.

2018

Perivan India, a joint venture between Perivan Ltd. and Vakils Premedia, is incorporated, for developing and marketing digital board portals.

2020

Perivan India is acquired by Diligent BoardBooks, USA. Vakils Premedia is presented with IQVIA Technologies' '2020 Marketing Agency Partner of the year' award for outstanding contributions to our cliens' success.

2021

Vakils Premedia is renamed to Vakils to mark our continuous expansion of offerings and services.

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