Operational Details
Bookbinding and finishing, as an industry, include the set up, and operation of specific machines, equipment, and computerized units that bind and finish printed material. Workers who are bookbinding operate machines that cut, fold, stitch, trim pages, and other printed material into a collated and organized manner. They are then glued to a book cover and through the use of heat, glues are used to bind the printed material and cover into a single unit of production.
Finishing operations include die cutting, embossing, laminating gold stamp, or silver onto book covers and page edges, etc.
The printing of stationary is a process of cutting sheets of paper into a selected size, using a graphic arts design, monogram, or illustration as a header and a footer, folding the paper and placing it into boxes, or shrink wrapping for distribution.
SIC Codes
000000486 - Bookbinding.
NAICS 2007
Code: 32312 - Support Activities for Printing