Bindery near Kraków – saddle stitching and book binding

The Know-How bindery works right next to the printing house near Kraków, so printing and finishing are done in one place, on one order. This shortens lead times and lets us control quality at the final stage of production. Below you will find the services we offer and the specifications of the machines we work on.

What we bind and finish:

• Folding – sheet folding on buckle-and-knife and buckle-buckle folding machines, with parallel and cross folds.
• Thread sewing – sewing of signatures on the Aster 180/42 thread-sewing machine.
• Saddle-stitch binding – classic and loop stitching (for ring binders), on the Horizon StitchLiner 5500 line.
• Perfect binding (softcover) – spine glued with hot-melt EVA adhesive on the Horizon BQ-470 perfect binder.
• Sewn and glued softcover binding – a softcover with a thread-sewn book block, for books and catalogues that should open well and last.
• Swiss binding – a variant of glued softcover binding, made on the Horizon BQ-470.
• Otabind – a variant of glued softcover binding, made on the Horizon BQ-470.
• Wire-O binding – binding with a wire spine, e.g. calendars and notebooks.
• Calendar binding – Wire-O wall calendars and framed wall planners.
• Gluing of notepads and pads – pads, notepads and carbonless sets.
• Die-cutting – of brochures and labels, on a semi-automatic platen press.

You can request a quote for binding using our quote request form.

Currently we work with:

The line for the production of brochures Horizon StitchLiner 5500 
 

maximum size of the booklet:	H 312 mm × W 232 mm
minimum brochures:	H 90 mm × W 90 mm
maximum thickness of the booklet:	up to 10 mm
the distance between the staples:	60–150 mm
number of heads of sewing:	4

5500 StitchLiner - booklet production line, with standard saddle stitching and loop stitching (4 or 2 staples). Part of the line is trimmer HTS-30. The installed high-speed sheet feeder allows using the line for the sheets collection (e.g. the collection of self – adhesive blocks). StitchLiner 5500 has also the ability to collect and stitch covers of brochures with one flap.

 
Perfect Binder Horizon BQ-470
 

minimum book size:	H 145 x W 105 mm
maximum book size:	H 312 x W 312 mm
binding thickness:	from 1 to 65 mm (EVA)
minimum cover size:	135 × 225 mm
maximum cover size:	320 × 660 mm
Weight of cover:	80 to 300 gsm (100 to 350 g/m2 - coated paper)

Perfect binding technology with hotmelt glue (EVA). High precision and accuracy of binding and  very wide range of thicknesses of glued books.
 
Trimmers Horizon HT-70
 

minimum cut format:	H 142 × W 100 mm
maximum cut size:	H 300 x W 300 mm
max. thickness of book:	50 mm

Book sewing machine Aster 180/42
 

minimum frame size:	H 120 x W 75 mm
maximum frame size:	420 × 320 mm
number of sewings:	11
sewing length:	19 mm

Machine with automatic block separation and a trimming device that shortens thread ends to approximately 10 mm. With extensive optional equipment: simple and variable sewing (staggered sewing), 4 opening nozzles – offering a wide range of possibilities. A GigaLynx camera ensures the right block control.

 
Folding machine GUK FA72 6/4/2
 
Pocket folding machine with 6 + 4 + 2 folding pockets per station.
 

minimum input format:	length 178 × width 140 mm
maximum format:	length 1040 x width 740 mm
minimum size of the fold:	45 mm
possible number of foldings:	6 × (parallel fold) + 4 × (cross fold) + 2 ×

 
Folding machine GUK K50 / 4
 
Combined folding machine with 4 folding pockets and knife (for cross folding).
 

minimum input format:	length 145 × width 105 mm
minimum format (knife):	length 145 × 145 mm width
maximum format size:	length 850 × width 500 mm
Minimum size of the fold:	45 mm
possible number of foldings:	4 × (parallel fold) + 1 × (cross fold)

Additional binding equipment : two Perfecta cutters, semi-automatic die cutting, hand stitching machine (up to 4 heads,  standard and loop stitching - allows to work with almost any format), a paper drillers - 4 heads, etc.
 
So configured binding facilities enable us to control the  production processes for ongoing production: trade catalogs, brochures and  folders, books, magazines, calendars, posters, leaflets, notebooks, labels, letterheads, stationery and packaging printing. In addition we can offer the shortest production time in Kraków for most of products.