Microfiche and microfilm protected your records for decades — but reading them now means hunting for a working reader. We convert fiche, roll film and aperture cards into clean, searchable digital files, so your archive is usable again in seconds, from any screen.
Microfiche readers are increasingly hard to source and maintain, and every retrieval means physically handling fragile film. Digitising removes both problems at once: records become instantly searchable, shareable and safe from further wear — while the original film can be preserved or securely destroyed, as you prefer.
We digitise heritage collections and business archives alike, indexed to your references and delivered straight into your systems or our secure cloud portal.
Standard and jacketed fiche, including COM fiche, digitised frame-by-frame with indexing preserved.
Roll microfilm captured and split into individual, named records ready for retrieval.
Engineering drawings and plans on aperture cards converted to high-resolution, searchable images.
Historic newspaper runs and register films digitised for research access without handling the film.
Jackets, microcards and unusual or degraded film assessed and captured wherever technically possible.
Where the source allows, output is OCR'd so the text inside your records becomes fully searchable.
We securely collect your fiche and film, logging every item with a full chain of custody.
Film is cleaned, checked and prepared, and any indexing or structure is captured up front.
Specialist film scanners capture each frame at the right resolution for clear, legible images.
Images are split, named to your references and OCR'd so records are searchable.
Files arrive by secure portal, SFTP or media — and originals are returned or securely destroyed.
Clean, accurate, properly indexed digital records — produced inside our accredited, audited environment.
Searchable PDF, PDF/A, TIFF or JPEG — to match your EDRM or records system.
Records named and indexed to your references, so they're found the way your team searches.
Produced to preserve legal admissibility, within certified information security.
Secure cloud portal, SFTP or encrypted media — with originals returned or destroyed.
Searchable digital copies of your existing film for instant, everyday access — this service.
Need a permanent, technology-proof master? We also create archival preservation film.
Explore preservation microfilming →Send us a sample of your fiche or film and we'll confirm exactly what we can recover — then quote your full conversion.
Get a conversion quoteStandard and jacketed microfiche (including COM fiche), 16mm and 35mm roll microfilm, and aperture cards — plus newspapers and registers on film. Every common format, and the awkward ones too.
Yes — records are delivered as clean, searchable digital files with OCR, indexed to your references and delivered into your systems or our secure cloud portal.
Entirely. Your film is digitised inside our own ISO 27001-accredited UK facilities by our own staff — never subcontracted or sent offshore.
Your choice: the original film can be returned, preserved in secure storage, or securely destroyed once you've verified the digital copies.
Microfiche and microfilm scanning is priced by format and volume, plus any indexing and delivery requirements. We provide a firm quote from a free sample conversion, so you can check the quality before the full project runs.
Yes. We deliver clean, OCR'd, searchable PDFs — or your preferred format — indexed to your references and loaded into your systems or our secure UK cloud portal.
Yes. We regularly digitise microfiche and microfilm for local authorities, the NHS and other public bodies — planning records, registers and medical film — all handled in-house to ISO 27001 by our own vetted staff.