American Bindery Depot — A No-nonsense Approach

"It's hardly ever like this," Scarano confides, bursting out a plume of smoke.

Not that Scarano or his partner, Anthony Cuccinello, had anything to prove to their guests. This 137-employee operation—along with Hand Works, a 35-person inserting, collating, tipping and shrink-wrapping division—is a tightly run ship. Everyone in the company is versatile enough to switch from station to station, whether it's stitching (a 24-hour-a-day operation), folding, gluing or diecutting.