Wire-o Binding Services

Alltrade Printers has the versatility and capacity to bind all quantities from a ‘one-off’ sample to very large production runs of 100’s of thousands. The practical benefits of wire-o as opposed to glued or stitched publications is that they can lie flat easily or fold back on themselves without folding shut or damaging the spine of a book.
The design benefits of wire-o include the availability of a wide range of colours. Books with varying sizes of leaves, French folded leaves, split leaves, shaped leaves and different weights of paper or board can be easily and stylishly bound using wire-o. Many wire-o binding options are available.
Calendars have always been a major part of our business. We can bind all sizes up to 610mm binding edge with a standard or euro hanger. Calendars which are bound straight through and hung by means of a drilled hole are also available. We have extensive experience in binding Wall and Desk Calendars with Tent Card Backing Boards.
- Standard Binding – Most common cover style. Separate front and back covers. Opens easily back to back.
- Full Canadian (Square Back) – The partially hidden wire-o is exposed on the front and back cover. Flat spine allows for easy identification
- Half Canadian (Back Cover Bind) – The parially hidden wire-o is exposed on the back cover, flat spine allows for easy identification.
- Cased In – Standard wire-o pasted into a hard case with all the advantages of opening
- Reverse Binding – Allows for an expandable inside cover where a large spread image is important. The binding is hidden and the spine is flat. Back flap can be pasted down or left free.
- Catalogue / Publishers – An inriguing one-piece cover style that opens “in reverse”, creating a flat spine for identification
- Pasted Back – Wire-O bound insert is pasted inside a one-piece flat spine cover. Binding is concealed. The spine can be printed.
- Easel – A free-standing, triangular cover. Pages flip easily
- Calendar – The best way to bind a wall or desk calendars – with or without a hanger. Pages always lie flat.