Vigatec is a

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founded in 1980. The company headquarters is in

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, and it has subsidiaries in

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, Bolivia and

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. Vigatec currently has about 200 employees. Vigatec has several products and services: *The reselling and

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of various types of plastic cards (like: ATM cards, various

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s, phone cards, loyalty program cards, etc.). * Mail handling equipment. *Control & security systems. * Packaging equipment. In Chile, Vigatec is the exclusive reseller of the following

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s: Datacard,

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, Tempo, Mach, Linear, Synel,

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, and

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History

Vigatec was founded in 1980 as a division of Vigamil, a

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company. In 1991, Vigatec started selling products for ''attendance & access control''. In 1999 the company started selling security products (alarms, CCTV equipment)

Labor oriented initiatives

Vigatec has initiated several

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environment improvement projects: * The ''Second generation plan'' is a summer work program directed at the children (between 14 and 18 years of age) of the employees. * Vigatec is willing to pay, for children of the employees, the registration and monthly costs of studies in the pre-university institute of the

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in San Joaquín. * An ''Internet for all'' program which means that in the summer months there is a special room with computers connected to the

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, so the employees, with or without their children, could use them to for their personal interests. * A ''Vocational & professional orientation program'' to help the children of their employees to explore their motivations and interests

External links

Vigatec web site
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