The Company is renowned for developing and producing high quality library bindings accurately within short turnaround times and for its friendly and helpful innovative attitude to customer service.
Existing market sectors include national libraries, public libraries, university and college libraries, medical, legal, government, local authorities, research and corporate company libraries, law courts, register offices, schools, museums, archives, record offices, newspaper publishers and private individuals. Trade binding, on-demand digital printers and publishers, facsimile reproduction, and pre-binding services are provided to library suppliers, printers and libraries. We also provide a library book re-sleeving only service and a servicing and processing facility for booksellers.
Blissett Bookbinders have invested considerably in new technology, systems and processes and staff training in recent years as part of a planned expansion in capacity and service levels targeted over the next few years. This has led to successfully extending and enlarging the geographical spread of customers outside the southern half of England that has seen the historical base of core loyal clients.
This web site is intended to be a useful source of information to all of our customers and potential clients and a means of simple communication between you and the Company.
Upstairs, the academic and craft bindery deals with the demands from all journal binding customers, reference and some local studies material, thesis binding, newspapers and antiquarian book repairs, restoration and paper conservation. Bespoke storage boxes and folders are also designed and made by our craft bookbinders and finishers employed in this bindery. Again all orders are processed under direct supervision and according to individual specifications and instructions held where possible on computerised files networked around the production areas.
Visits and guided tours around the bindery in Acton are freely given and samples available for inspection in our small shop that is open all working hours. Personal callers are welcomed to receive personal advice on any aspect of book binding or repair, deposit theses for binding or to request immediate estimates of likely costs for work to be undertaken. Please ask us if you need dummy bindings or want to commission trials with us of our bookbinding and paper conservation services.
The Company Registration number is 350921 (England) and the VAT Registration number is 226510002.
Gary's main responsibilities over and above managing the business are to market services and products to a wider audience by improvements to the profile and representing the Company to the information community in Southern England.
Gary is supported by Mark Thompson, the Production Manager. Mark has over 20 years experience as a library bookbinder and craft leather bookbinder having been trained in-house at Blissett Bookbinders. Mark oversees all induction training, materials sourcing and purchasing, health and safety and productivity.
Robert Bolton is in charge of Customer Services and a Senior Binding Consultant. Bob looks after customers in London, the South East, East Anglia and the East Midlands. Bob is an accomplished library binder with over 30 years experience and also oversees our quality control within the binderies and customer liaison.