Trade Binderies: The Laws of Justification

"Oh, it was easy to find employees," she says with a laugh. "There's a risk anytime you start a business, good economy or not. I'm very sure of myself, I know what I'm doing and I'm getting a good reaction from the printers I've been talking to. Quotes and jobs have been coming in."

Variety Is Key

While many trade binderies have humble beginnings, they aren't necessarily prone to a generation or two of eking out meager profits with the same menu of services. Baltimore-born Bindagraphics debuted as a simple book bindery in 1974 but, according to COO Matt Anson, has come to represent the antithesis of a one-trick pony.