Plastic Spiral

• Lays flat.
• Extremely durable and resilient.
• Comes in a wide range of colors for ink matching.
• Can be applied to thin and thick books, including those with up to 30" spines.
• Can be applied to thin and thick stocks, including chipboard and covers with printed spines.
• More cost-effective than plastic comb (GBC).
• Hand and fast-turn automated production.

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Wire-O ®

• Lays flat.
• Very durable.
• Less gap in cross-overs than spiral binding.
• Can be applied to thin and thick books, including those with up to 30" spines.
• Can be applied to thin and thick stocks, including chipboard and covers with printed spines.
• More cost-effective than plastic comb (GBC).
• Hand and fast-turn automated production.

Seattle Bindery's equipment automatically tabs, punches holes, feeds the elements through the holes and closes the wire or crimps the coil.

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Perfect Binding

• Ideal for publications using uncoated text stocks.
• Applies hot melt glue.
• Accommodates wrap-around covers with printed spines.
• Cost effective for 12 signatures and run lengths up to 25,000.

Seattle Bindery's equipment includes a 12-station binder that gathers signatures for 2,000 books per hour.

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