History of Datafile and TAB

TAB was founded in 1950 by two ex-IBM salesmen, Harry LeClaire and Si Foote. They issued TAB's first catalog and opened for business in San Francisco, California.

Datafile's roots are grounded in the development of a colour coding filing system pioneered by Datafile Canada in the late 1960’s. By the 1970's Datafile was the leading filing system in Australia. In 1992, TAB purchased Datafile and brought Datafile’s Canadian and Australian operations into the fold.

From earlier products such as card files and wooden file trucks to today's wide range of products and professional services, TAB provides the best in records management products, services and total solutions.

TAB and Datafile have the core competencies - people, philosophies and more than 60 years of proven methodologies - to turn our client's records into a business asset.