Company:Lefax
| Type | Personal organizers |
|---|---|
| Fate | Bought by Filofax, used as a brand for several years, then phased out. |
| Successor | Filofax |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Founder | J. C. Parker |
| Defunct | 1992[1] |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, PA , |
| Products | Personal organizers |
Lefax was a company founded in 1910 by J. C. Parker in Philadelphia that produced a range of personal organizers.[1][2] In its early days, the biggest customers were power plant engineers whose technical handbooks had grown too big to carry.[3]
In 1921, a London printer and stationery marketer, Norman & Hill Ltd., began importing the organizers, called Lefaxes. Several years later, they began to make the personal files under their Filofax brand.[3]
The Lefax trademark was registered 5 October 1926.[1] Its use in the engineering industries was so pervasive that some journals were published in Lefax format.[4]
In the 1980s Lefax was bought out by London Wood Partners, a British firm,[3] and in 1992 the company was acquired by its rival, Filofax. The original intention was that Lefax would be Filofax's top-of-the-line range[5] but the Lefax brand was eventually phased out.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Office Equipment - Business History of Manufacturers". kipnotes.com. http://www.kipnotes.com/Office%20Equipment.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "A Brief History". About Filofax. Filofax. http://www.filofax.co.uk/about-filofax. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lohr, Steve (1987-04-08). "Organizing Pays Off At Filofax". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/08/business/organizing-pays-off-at-filofax.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "Meet Your Past President... J. J. VOLLERTSEN, 1925". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society (Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer) 24 (3): A18. March 1947. doi:10.1007/BF02632363. ISSN 0003-021X.
- ↑ Greenberg, Cara (1993-01-03). "FORAGING; The High Art of Organizing Your Life". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/03/style/foraging-the-high-art-of-organizing-your-life.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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