About Us
Graham Magnetics, located in Graham, TX, began its operations in 1966. Graham has enjoyed a long history in the manufacturer of world class tape media storage products including such recognized brands as Graham™, StorageMaster™ and Memorex™. Most recently Graham was the last manufacturer of open reel (9-track) tape media in the world.
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Graham's History
1964 - Graham, TX is chosen site of new computer tape plant and chartered as Datatape Corp.
1965 - Ground is broken for first magnetic tape manufacturing
facility in Texas. Company name, Graham Magnetics, Inc., is adopted.
1966 - New 25,000 square foot plant is formally dedicated. New production operations begin,
and "Verituf", the world's first million-pass computer tape, is introduced.
1971 - Graham is recognized as 4th largest producer of computer tapes in the nation.
1981 - U.S. Department of Commerce presents the
President's "E" award to Graham for outstanding performance in exporting American products.
1987 - Graham is one of only three companies presented the
Presidential "E" Star Award for continued success in exporting American products.
1993 - Graham becomes the largest producer of open reel (9-track) tape in the world.
1994 - Graham is acquired by Anacomp, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana.
1999 - Anacomp Magnetic solutions group becomes stand alone
company named eMag Solutions, LLC.
2001 - eMag/Graham end-of-lifes open reel (9-track) tape media.
Today Graham Magnetics focuses its offerings on Graham Certified™ tape media and cleaning cartridges. While Graham Magnetics still provides new Graham brand tape mainframe media, we are are actively involved in helping our customers protect and conserve the environment. Graham Certified™ media is not only good for the environment and lower costing, but it is tested on OEM tape drives and test equipment using methods that were often employed in the 100% certification of newly manufactured tape. Our history as a world class taper manufacturer provides us with a unique understanding of what it takes to make a quality tape cartridge product, and that unique understanding allows us to produce the highest quality certified product on the market today