| Company type | Personal organizers |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1910 |
| Founder | J. C. Parker |
| Defunct | 1992[1] |
| Fate | Bought by Filofax, used as a brand for several years, then phased out. |
| Successor | Filofax |
| Headquarters | , |
| 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.
- ^ a b c "Office Equipment - Business History of Manufacturers". kipnotes.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "A Brief History". About Filofax. Filofax. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Lohr, Steve (1987-04-08). "Organizing Pays Off At Filofax". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "Meet Your Past President... J. J. VOLLERTSEN, 1925". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 24 (3). Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer: 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. Retrieved 2009-05-26.