The case study below describes a particularly challenging Seattle Bindery project. We hope you find it interesting and instructive. If you have questions about the equipment, techniques, or other details of the project, feel free to call us at 425-656-8210.

Bindery can be a tough business, but it’s nothing compared to dock work. We found  that out when a significant customer of ours approached us with a lamination job. They had printed a 16-page brochure booklet for an international port management company. The booklet included a company overview, letter from the President, and a listing of all of the company’s equipment for the loading and unloading of cargo. The books were to be used by their longshoremen, so they wanted a durable design that could survive the wear and tear common to life on the docks. Lamination was the perfect solution.

Our customer came to Seattle Bindery because they needed not just lamination, but a full selection of finishing options to make the books both durable and beautiful. And they needed it done in under seven days. The book used two different stocks and sheet sizes, the larger of which was 9-1/2” by 13-1/2” and required letterpress scoring and full coverage matte lamination. The smaller sized, 70# sheet accommodated the letter from the President and the overview.

Both sections needed to be folded and stitched together. The combination of the four-color cross-over sections with the smaller interior sheets made for a striking visual effect. To ensure that the lamination would be sealed tightly when the book was bound, Seattle Bindery broke the book into four four-page sections—two large sections and two smaller sections. It was a solution that significantly cut delivery time of the 2,500 books.

“The client chose us because we have integrated all of these finishing operations under one roof," explains Milt Vine, Seattle Bindery’s President, “which allows us to save customers both time and money. And managing projects with us is so much easier, since customers need to deal with only one vendor.”

Not only did Seattle Bindery prove its skill in lamination—being able to bind laminated oversize sheets with smaller untrimmed sections is always a challenge—it also proved itself capable of coming up with creative solutions to speed production, delivering the job ahead of deadline. Even a longshoreman would be impressed with that.
 

Seattle  Bindery
6540 South Glacier Street, Suite 120
Seattle, WA 98188

Phone: 425-656-8210
Fax: 425-656-4400
miltvine@seattlebindery.com
www.seattlebindery.com

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