The Queen Signs Commonwealth Charter in a Masters Lay Flat Book!

Commonwealth Day began life as Empire Movement Day at the end of the late nineteenth century. The modern Commonwealth did not come about until April 1949 and as a result Empire Day became known as British Commonwealth Day in 1598, before finally becoming Commonwealth Day in 1966. Today, Commonwealth Day is celebrated every year throughout the Commonwealth on the second Monday in March.

Each year a reception is hosted by the Secretary-General at Marlborough House in London, the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat and we're extremely proud to say that this year HM Queen Elizabeth II, who is of course Head of the Commonwealth, signed the Commonwealth Charter in a Masters Bookbinding Lay Flat book! You can see from the picture here that the book laid flat beautifully so that Her Majesty could sign it easily. Just as it's supposed to!

For more information on Lay Flat Binding contact us on 0845 3720323.

Roger Masters
Masters Bookbinding Ltd

Lay Flat Binding - The Way Forward

Hate it when a brochure or map just won’t lay flat? If you force the pages they come loose, or worse, fall out! You no longer have to accept this as just the way it is, or that your double page spreads won’t quite line up perfectly at the spine, because with lay flat binding your pages and images will look beautifully aligned and stay open without any problem.

Lay flat binding is a new process which allows brochures to lay flat and images which can run over two pages without any breaks or matching issues. This is the ideal binding method for high end, exclusive and visual based printed brochures. Typical clients include property developers and creative agencies that are looking for a flow across pages allowing for detailed maps, plans and any image or text to not be broken by the spine or joining of printed sections that conventional printing and binding is known for.

How does it work? We take a sheet of printed paper, e.g. 120gsm which is printed one side, folded print to print, then glued to another folded sheets of 120gsm. This now means the page weight is 240gsm, very much the standard text weight of any corporate product or annual brochure etc. This continues until the book is completed and is then finished to any design spec required. Our latest binding machinery means the ability to produce low to very high runs of brochures and books on a fast turnaround to an astounding level of quality and finish, compared to conventionally bound brochures and books.

Lay flat binding is available in paperback or hardback with a maximum size of 385-365 portrait and a minimum paper weight of 240gsm.

For more information contact us at Lay Flat Binding on 0845 372 0323