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| Type | Personal organisers |
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| Founded | 1921 |
| Headquarters | West Sussex |
| Parent | Letts Filofax Group Ltd |
| Website | filofax.co.uk |
Filofax is a company based in the UK that produces a range of well known personal organiser wallets. The organisers are traditionally leather bound and have a six-ring loose-leaf binder system. The design originated at Lefax, a Philadelphia based company whose products they imported into the UK. The company also markets a range of personal leather goods and luggage under the "Filofax" brand.
These organisers are available in over fifteen countries in the following sizes: A4, A5, Slimline, Personal, Pocket, Mini, Compact and Pocket Slimline.
The name originates from an abbreviation of the phrase "file of facts". This name for the product was first coined when the UK company was founded in 1921. The popularity of the Filofax personal organiser grew enormously during the early 1980s due to its association with Yuppie Culture, where it was regarded as a "must-have" accessory, in the days before electronic organisers.
The company was known as Norman & Hill until the mid 1980's when it renamed itself, calling itself after its most popular product. For much of its life it was based in South Woodford, East London. In the early 1980s it moved to Barkingside, Essex. In the early 1990s it moved its offices back to London and subcontracted its warehouse operation to Crick in Northamptonshire.
Famous devotees of the Filofax products include Lord Lichfield, and Diane Keaton who even had a product named after her, the DK Coin Holder.
Filofax is part of the UK-based Letts Group. In 2006, Phoenix Equity Partners led a secondary buy out of the business. The deal provided an exit for private equity firm Dunedin Capital Partners.
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Addons
Filofaxes come with a large variety of add-on pages including:
- Personal Details
- Calendars including list of holidays and school holidays.
- Diary for year, say 7 days per opening.
- Address book, with alphabetic tabs.
- Address book blank pages.
- Note pages.
- Post It like notes, in various colours.
- City Map.
- Plastic Ruler with incomplete holes so that it can be moved around like bookmark.
- Electronic Calculator.
- Credit Card Holder.
- Zip Pocket.
- Pencil or pen which slips into slot in case.
Other meanings
Filofax is also the UK name of the 1990 Jim Belushi comedy film Taking Care of Business, which is based around a Filofax personal organiser (and thus one's entire identity) being stolen.
See also
- Electronic organizer
- Personal digital assistant (PDA)
- Personal organizer
- Personal Information Manager (PIM)
External links
- http://www.filofax.co.uk/
- http://www.filofax.com/int/
- http://www.filofaxusa.com/
- http://www.filofax-diare.cz/
- http://philofaxy.blogspot.com
- http://www.BestWorkX.com Calendar Refills
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/filofax/
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