Saddle stitching involves placing a series of collated forms over a saddle and driving stitches through the gathered piece's backbone. Companion operations such as inline trimming, drilling, punching, refolding, wafer sealing, shrink wrapping and packaging all increase the value of stitched products.

Many Product Choices
The world of saddle stitching is much broader than stitching forms and trimming them to 8-1/2" x 11". Product sizes can be smaller than 1"x 1-1/2" or as large as 19"x 24". Foldouts, fold-ups, self-mailers, BRCs (business reply cards), BREs (business reply envelopes), die cut forms, tabs, undersized and overhanging forms add eye appeal and real customer value. Glue opens even more options because it can be applied in trim-off areas, allowing stitched products to have gatefolds and multiple foldouts. Would you like to mix and match many forms? Or, produce thick books? One of the five work horse saddle stitching lines at Rickard Bindery has twelve pockets. This capability offers you and your customers incredible design flexibility.