PLASTIC MAPS

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Everyone has seen a folded paper road or trail map, but have you ever picked up a folded plastic road or trail map? This email features a new product we now offer you: finishing and folding plastic! We are one of the handful of binderies that can efficiently fold any quantity of map, in sizes up to 44” x 74”, printed on plastic.

Plastic Maps

Plastic Maps

The above images show a plastic map with a number of accordion folds. We can do up to 12 accordion folds on our machines.

Plastic Maps

The Killarney hiking and ski map shown above is a very large finished piece, which first opens as a book (see image below).

Plastic Maps

Then, this map opens fully to a large, 44” x 74” plastic map.

You might be asking yourself, “Why plastic?” Or you might be thinking, “Finally! A map that won’t rip when it gets wet or when it’s repeatedly folded and unfolded!” Producing tear-proof, waterproof options might just be what your customer is looking for! This product is great for any product that will be used long term or a wet environment. We’re seeing a growing demand for “plastic” folded products like maps and books. There’s a need for this kind of material and now there’s the technology on the print end to produce a great consumer product.

3-Panel Pullout

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3-Panel Pullout

You’ve probably seen a 1 or 2-panel pullout but have you ever seen a telescoping 3 or 4-panel pullout? If your customer needs a 3 or 4-panel pullout, we’re the bindery to call! We can do a single panel pullout completely automatically. Any additional panels are inserted manually. Pullout marketing pieces with 1, 2, 3 or 4-panels can be used for direct mail campaigns (if they have a wafer/clip seal applied to the open edge), inserted into magazines or packaged with a product.

3-Panel Pullout

The image above shows the carrier of a telescoping 2-panel pullout.

3-Panel Pullout

The image above shows how the 2 panels telescope into the carrier.

 

Big wire-o

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How big is big?  Is this wire-o piece the biggest that we have produced…. no.  What is the biggest we can produce?  Assuming a sheet size 28” x 40”. We could bind either the 40” side or the 28” side.  For a finished calendar size of 28” x 40”!

Multi Cavity Box

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I think this piece is fascinating.  When I first saw this, I thought it was a giant book, but as you can see it is a multi-cavity box.  It took us awhile to figure out how to produce this complex box which requires various board thickness, somewhat extensive die-cutting, hand wrapping…the time required to make one in a production run of say 500 is substantial.  Obviously this piece is very, very functional; highly unusual and memorable.  When one considers all the “cavities” housing the books, the ease of removing and replacing the books, the ease of book presentation and the tidy way everything “comes together”, this piece is remarkable.  If you need something “different” to house a number of books similar to this piece…call us!  We can help.

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Multi Cavity Box

Vinyl Binders

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We produce screen printed vinyl binders.  Of course the volume has dropped dramatically but there is still a need for them.  Vinyl binders come in hundreds of capacities, sizes and styles.  The trend for metal ring binders is always from vinyl material to be printed, film laminated paper which is glued and “wrapped” around board.

The benefits of vinyl ring binders over a “case wrapped” ring binder are four fold

  1. Vinyl binders can be easily produced with “clear pockets” attached (or sealed) to the spine, or outside or inside of the cover (See pictures #1 to #9)
  2. If litho quality graphics are wanted a full sized “litho printed” sheet it can be “trapped” or “sealed” to the outside front cover (or in addition the spine and/or the outside back cover) (See picture #10)
  3. For customization a full colour litho printed can be easily added or removed from the front cover in which is called an overlay binder
  4. Some clients want the front cover or both front and back covers “padded.”  The covers have a “cushion” effect.  This effect is much harder to produce in a litho wrapped case binder (See picture #11)

Vinyl Binders

Vinyl Binders

Vinyl Binders

Pockets have a wide range of costs.  If pockets in pictured #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9 would cost X cents each, pockets in picture #1 and #7 would cost 10 times as much because the expensive pockets are sealed at a completely separate sealing operation.

Vinyl Binders

The metal rings in binders come in different styles. (See picture #12)

Vinyl Binders

 

The latest change in the market is the increasingly frequent customer requests for “coloured” metal rings.  We can supply a whole range of colours…shiny, matte or dull. (See picture #13)

Vinyl Binders

Picture #14 is a screen printed binder

Vinyl Binders

Features

Benefits

  • Easier to add pockets than other binder
  • Styles such as polythene and case wrapped binder are easier to personalized with digitally printed sheets “trapped” to the outside of the front cover

P.S. We stock 100’s of vinyl colours (See picture #15)