Superior Bindery — A Cut Above

"We have just added our first fully automated Colter & Peterson cutting system, which has nearly doubled our cutting capacity to our diecutting operation at the Superior plant," Charlebois notes. "We have a three- to six-month plan for the second system to go into Baystate Bindery."

Donny Charlebois cut his bindery teeth while working alongside his father, Don Sr., at Trade Bindery in Boston. By the age of 18, he had learned how to use all of the facility's machines, including how to cut paper. But demonstrating an entrepreneurial spirit, Charlebois struck out on his own and opened a laundromat. While the business was successful, he yearned for another go at the bindery business. In 1990, at the age of 22, he opened Superior Bindery with bare-bones equipment.