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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

 

Close-Up of Turned Edge Cover Close-Up of Turned Edge Cover

Red and Green BooksTurned Edge Cover
Wrapped Around Cover Board

Book Cover Exiting Machine Turned Edge Cover Exiting
a Casemaking Machine

Finished CoversFinished Turned Edge Cover

Turned Edge Casemaking


Casemaking is the process of applying cloth or other cover material to hard, stiff board, which becomes a book cover. The flaps of material extending beyond the boards are turned under and glued to the inside of the cover board. See example to the right.

The Midwest Editions Difference

Midwest Editions employs the latest in casemaking machinery.

 

 

Modern Casemaking Machine

Casemaking Machine