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Hardcover Options

Smyth Sewn
Revolutionary PUR
    Adhesive
Standard EVA Adhesive
Side Sewn
Saddle Sewn
Saddle Stitching
Adhesive bound

Paperback Options

Smyth Sewn
Perfect Bound
Standard EVA Perfect
    Binding
Revolutionary PUR
    Perfect Binding
Vinyl Covers
Flexible Covers
Pasted Vinyl
Lay-Flat Adhesive

Specialty Book
    Binding

Photo Albums
Guest Books
Easels
Notebooks
Flexible Covers
Custom Projects

Specialty Products

Ring-Binders
Portfolio Covers
Menu Covers
Media Kits
Sales Kits

Support Services

Turned Edge
    Casemaking
Die Cutting
Foil Stamping
Embossing
Plastic Film Laminating
Mounting
  ▸ Sheet-to-Sheet
  ▸ Sheet-to-Board
  ▸ Board-to-Board
Round Cornering
Hand Gluing
Tipping
Collating
3-Knife Trimming
3-Hole Drilling
Shrink-Wrapping

 

Signatures

Signatures Being Opened
to Find Center for Sewing

Red and Green Books

Close-Up of
Sewing Hooks and Needles

Smyth Sewn Books
Open Easily and Lie Flat

Smyth Sewing


Smyth sewing is a process of sewing threads through punched signature folds to create a strong and durable spine. This manufacturing method provides a flexible binding which enables a book to open easily and lie flat. Smyth sewn books are designed to take prolonged stress and remain intact through their lifetime.

The Midwest Editions Difference

The bindery floor at Midwest Editions boasts three automated smyth sewing machines to provide optimum strength and durability for all types of projects in a variety of sizes.



Close-Up of Gutter with Sewing

Close-Up of the Gutter of a Smyth Sewn Book