Many people are under the impression that filing cabinets are no longer needed in the office workplace. While their use has certainly changed over the last 30 years, the need for secure document storage has actually increased. In the area of legal matters, paper copies of transaction documents are still required throughout the world. This leads to a situation where sensitive financial and personal records must be secured so as to protect against a potential liability.
So, while we may not have the demand for antique oak filing cabinets, we do have need of metal fireproof cabinets that double as safes for both documents and valuables. Of course the varieties of these have changed drastically and the common fur drawer upright style has been replaced by waist high easy access cabinets. Most of these are also created so as to serve double duty as storage beneath with a footprint for a computer printer on the top.