Book cover materials
Realize your book design ideas with attractive designs or special materials for book covers. Our offer includes a wide range of bookbinding materials with various cover finishing options, including fabric, artificial leather, and special papers for book covers and endpapers, as well as auxiliary materials for bookbinding such as binding cloth, headbands, tailbands, ribbons, and other materials.
We collaborate with the majority of leading book cover material and bookbinding auxiliary material manufacturers.
Our offer
Fabric materials:
We offer fabric bookbinding materials in various qualities, each with its unique characteristics and technical applications. Processing options include:
- Foil stamping;
- Hot stamping;
- Screen printing;
- For some materials, offset printing is also available.
These materials are suitable for book covers, photo albums, menu cards, diaries, folders, as well as various sophisticated packaging applications.
More detailed information and technical data about fabric materials are available on the manufacturer’s websites:
- Savanna, Imperial, Mondial, Netral, Savanna offset, etc. | www.balacron.com
- Dainel, Lynel (samta audumi), Retro | www.sentis.cz
- Brillianta, Natuur & Halflinnen, Dubletta, etc. | www.vanheektextiles.nl
- Comtesse, Duchesse, Princesse etc. | www.peyer-cover.com
Artificial leather materials:
We offer synthetic leather substitutes, which are an excellent alternative to genuine leather both in terms of cost and ease of processing.
- Balacron is a synthetic vinyl bookbinding material on a paper base. Balacron materials are available in a wide range of surfaces and colors.
Processing options include:
- Foil stamping;
- Hot stamping;
- Screen printing;
- Digital printing is also possible.
These materials are suitable for book covers, photo albums, menu cards, diaries, folders, as well as various sophisticated packaging applications.
More detailed information and technical data are available on the manufacturer’s website:
- Savanna, Imperial, Mondial, Netral, Savanna offset, etc. | www.balacron.com
Paper book covers:
We offer materials that can be used to realize various ideas for paper book covers:
- Efalin – high-quality, uncoated bookbinding material made from cellulose. Rigid, with high resistance to dirt and moisture. Available in various colors and textures. Suitable for book covers, folders, as well as various packaging applications.
- Surbalin – colored, made of high-quality cellulose, bookbinding material for book covers and endpapers. Available in more than 100 different colors and 13 textures.
More detailed information and technical data are available on the manufacturer’s website:
- Smooth, Fine linen, New linen, Laid etc. | www.reflex-paper.com
- Comtesse, Duchesse, Princesse etc. | www.peyer-cover.com
Padded cardboard:
High-quality foam board for book covers (Foamboard). Foam board consists of 3 layers – gray bookbinding cardboard, foam layer, and felt paper. The cardboard is available in various thicknesses and standard formats of 100x70cm or 100x80cm, or it can be factory cut to the desired size. Foam board can be combined with various bookbinding materials: paper, plastic, suede, fabric, etc.; it can be easily processed on all types of bookbinding machines. Applications include diaries, albums, books, menu cards, presentation folders, etc.
More detailed information and technical data are available on the manufacturer’s website:
- Neutralwell, Snijkarton, “All black”, “All white” etc. | www.moorman.nl
Auxiliary materials:
A wide range of auxiliary materials for bookbinding – headbands and tailbands in a wide range of colors, flexible rubber for diaries, various types of cloth, crepe papers, and special cardboard (spine board) for book spine treatment.
More detailed information and technical data are available on the manufacturer’s website:
- Dainel, Lynel (samta audumi), Retro | www.sentis.cz
Explore our offering in our e-commerce store. For information about registration, bookbinding materials, or to address any other questions, contact our sales representatives at papirs@polap.lv or call (+371) 67 600 836. (+371) 67 600 836.
