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Perfect Binding

Seaboard offers several perfect binding options to find the exact solution for your project and budget. And remember, we can enhance your product by adding die cutting, notch binding, film lamination and host of other decorating and design options.

Seaboard Bindery boasts two perfect binding machines, including a Kolbus Ratiobinder with top-of-the-line Kolbus HDE three-knife trimmer. We have up to 24 gathering and hand-feed stations to turn your project around quickly.

PUR Glue Binding
The most durable binding glue available, PUR adhesive offers design flexibility for any number of applications, including catalogs, instruction manuals and art books. PUR glue forms a strong bond on sheets layered with heavy ink and coating material, something standard adhesives cannot do. Able to withstand climate changes, PUR glue works just as well in humidity as it does in near-freezing temperatures. PUR glue is so strong, in fact, it even holds together underwater.

Layflat Adhesive Binding
Sometimes, It's just gotta layflat. Detached spines allow books to the flexibility to layflat on any page. Seaboard's licensed Otabind^TM system is great for longer runs, and offers the benefit of concealing the invisible tape on the inside cover. Our licensed RepKover^TM system is ideal for shorter runs, and places only one hinge score on the outside front cover, giving you projects a clean, professional look.

Euro Binding (tape)
Similar to layflat adhesive binding, Euro binding was made available to the New England graphic arts community for the first time by Seaboard Bindery. Euro Binding, or "Swiss Brochure," features a completely detached front cover, which will expose an attractive cloth lining that holds book pages together. The cloth liner, or tape, is available in may colors and textures. Functional and unique, Euro Binding is appropriate for runs of any size or scope.

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Mechanical Binding

Mechanical Binding is a useful and economical binding option. Seaboard Bindery offers a variety of mechanical binding solutions to allow you the maximum in design flexibility.

Wire-O
Also known as "double loop" binding, Wire-O binding is among the most attractive and versatile binding options available. Produced using pre-formed wire loops bound in pairs down the spine, Wire-O-bound books are commonly found as cookbooks, calendars, and user manuals. At Seaboard, our three top-of-the-line inserters can handle all Wire-O diameters, including 1 1/4". By offering the flexibility of folding the cover 360 degrees to lie flat on any page, Wire-O binding possibilities are limitless.

Wire-O binding is sturdy and available in an array of colors, including PMS matched shades. It can be used with multiple stock weights and sizes, like all mechanical binding styles. Index tabs, die cuts and foldouts can easily be added to enhance your project's design. We also offer several cover options that will expose or hide the binding, including semi-concealed, split back, fully-concealed and wraparound style spines.

Plastic Spiral
Flexible, child-safe, and durable, plastic spiral binding also offers the layflat and 360 degree turning capability of Wire-O. Often used for the same types of products as Wire-O, plastic spiral binding is formed by coiling a length of plastic binding material down the spine of a book. Seaboard offers a wide selection of great colors, and running your job on our multiple coil inserters makes fast and easy turnaround a snap.

Mechanical Binding Tips

Saddle Stitching

A classic look and a cost-effective binding method, saddle stitching is the perfect choice for calendars, mail pieces, small booklets and much more. Our automatic cover feeder and value-added option such as in-line refolding move your project out the door quickly and easily.

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Die Cutting

With pockets, pop-outs and much more, die cutting is a great way to add zing to your projects. Whether you're creating intricate designs on book covers or adding pockets to a portfolio, Seaboard's in-house die making department can help you get you get started right. Our precision 32" die cutting press is ready for your most imaginative pieces.

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Folding

Seaboard Bindery gives you a lot of folding options, from accordion to roll and gate folding, our five folding machines give you plenty of layout and design flexibility, up to 30" x 48" sheets. Of course, we offer standard signature folding for your valuable projects.

Film Laminating

Seaboard Bindery is your source for efficient, long-lasting laminating capabilities optimized specifically for the special demands of digital printing. Ideal for book covers, counter cards and display cards, we offer a wide selection of laminating films and finishes to laminate one-sided sheets to 26" x 40" as well as both sides of any page.

Film Laminating Tips

Index Tabbing

Index tabbing organizes your information and will make any book user-friendly. Multiple tab banks are available for large-scale projects that demand the convenience of tabs. Seaboard Bindery also offers Mylar coating to reinforce both the tab area and the spine edge to ensure your product's durability.

Tab Templates:

Blank tab template in PDF format

Blank tab template in EPS format


Index Tabbing Tips

Round Cornering

Round cornering is valued for both aesthetic and functional purposes. In this process, the corners at the face of a book are rounded using a die, which helps prevent unwanted damage such as "dog ears". Seaboard Bindery can perform round cornering for adhesive-bound, mechanically-bound and saddle-stitched books.

Additional Services

-Collating
-Drilling
-Shrink Wrap
-Punching
-Cutting
-Refolding