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The world of Box Carrying Handles is huge, with handles ranging from light to heavy duty, plastic to leather, top and side mounted, etc. Whether you have a die cut box or case wrapped rigid box job, we can recommend the best carrying handles for the application and weight. The range of Box Carrying Handles is extensive:

Bracelet Handle

Braided Handle

Top Mount Elliptical Handle

Side Mount Elliptical Handle

Flat Handles

Post Handles

Soft Grip Box Handle

The image above shows the range of vinyl and leather wrapped handles, which can be customized for your needs.

The image above shows a selection of plastic box carrying handles.

The image above shows a fabric sample sales tool with a foil stamped leather handle.

The image above shows a presentation box with a riveted plastic handle.

The slipcase shown above has a riveted black rope handle.

The sales presentation box above is a perfect application for a top mounted plastic elliptical handle.

INNOVATIVE BINDING & FINISHING SOLUTIONS

This week’s video is a blast from the past … all the way from 1982! This younger version of me believed in getting the job done right the first time, and we are still firm to that commitment today. Whether it’s Smyth sewing 20” wide books or accordion folding 44” x 80” sheets, we’re always finding new ways to push the limits in finishing.

Since 1939, Specialties Graphic Finishers has been known for our innovation, customized machinery and creative solutions. Recognized on both sides of the American-Canadian border for our quality and innovation, we have consistently been the leading recipient of many industry awards for outstanding achievements.

As one of North America’s premier graphic finishing houses, we offer a full range of services including:

• Case Binding
• 20” x 20” Perfect Binding
• 20” x 20” Smyth Binding
• 5/8” Miniature Folding
• 44” x 80” Large Sheet Folding
• Z-Fold Cards
• Tag Stringing (Hang Tags)

I’ve featured Setup Boxes recently, a product I also call “chocolate boxes.” Well, this Hexagonal Setup box is unlike anything I’ve ever seen! Disclaimer: Our company did not produce this specific box, but we could easily make these using a combination of our machinery and hand assembly.

This Hexagonal Setup Box can be broken down into three components:

1. The Lid

2. The Four Interior Trays

3. Creased Multiple Panel Backer

The Setup Box Lid has six sides and needs to be made by hand.

Producing the long creased wrapped Setup Box backer is done automatically on one of our casemakers (they produce more than book covers!). We can produce cases or covers up to 29 ½” long!

Next, hand work is required to produce each of the trays, so this step is the most time-intensive step. Once assembled, each tray is glued onto the long backer.

Do you have a box that needs case wrapping? Is it a small or large run? Give us a call!

 

You’ve probably seen a die-cut “candy book” similar to this one. What’s interesting about this piece is only seen when you open the front cover.

If you look carefully, you can see that the cover of the “candy books” shown in the above two images is double thick and folded back on itself and surfaced glued. Essentially, the front cover is a 4-page folded back and glued on itself. The reason for this is so there can be copy/design on the inside of the cover without requiring printing on both sides of the stock! This saves printers a lot of time and money! We can produce a product like this at high speeds on one of our five fully automatic box gluers.

This type of “candy book” is unique because:

1. The double thick cover/flap allows for more advertising space, while saving on printing costs. Talk to us about this design option when budget is a concern!
2.  After picking up this “candy book,” the consumer will immediately notice the sturdy double thick glued flap.
3. Like all unusual pieces, this product gets interest and has many applications!

Tipping is the automated process of attaching (or gluing) something such as a card, pouch, folder, etc. to a larger printed piece called a carrier.  We only do difficult or unusual tipping jobs!  We have the machinery to do:

1. Tipping 2 or 3 pieces onto one side of a carrier
2. Tipping a piece onto both sides of the carrier
3. Tip-ons (as pictured) that are filled with liquid or granular material
4. We can tip-on a piece onto the pages of a saddle-stitched book.  For example, on a 12page saddles stitched book, we can tip a piece onto each of eight out of the 12 pages!
5. We can tip-on products that have jagged or irregular edges
6. Tip-on to a specialty folded carrier like accordion folders, gatefolds, etc.
7. Tip-ons that are thicker than 40pt
8. We can tip-on to a carrier sheet as large as 40” x 72” and fold and glue the sheet (carrier)

Companies that produce consumer products are going to ever-increasing lengths to get samples into the hands of consumers.  This is good news to the graphic arts industry because most of the product samples are tipped onto or inserted into a printed piece.  To facilitate this tip-on market, we use high speed, high-quality machinery to tip-on a variety of products, from gift cards and shampoo packs to envelopes and coupons.

• Our machinery glues on and registers many pieces with ⅛” accuracy
• The glues we use greatly reduces paper tear when the product is removed
• We can fold carriers once or twice in-line after tipping
• We can in-line glue carriers closed or add a clip/wafer seal

For tipping that is unusual please call us…we can help!