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| San Val, Inc. A Company History |
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| In 1962 San Val, Inc. began offering book rebinding services to schools and libraries. These accounts purchased many popular school titles as inexpensive paperbacks (and still do). To allow the books to withstand heavy use, San Val converted them into long-lasting hardcover editions. San Val guaranteed that its rebound books lasted longer-up to 10 years, saving the customer money over repurchasing the same title every year. We still provide the same service and guarantee!
Book wholesalers turned to San Val to provide the rebinding service they sold to libraries. San Val offered and still offers a variety of bookbinding options, giving library suppliers flexibility to meet their customers' specific needs. Schools turned to San Val to rebind used textbooks to extend the books' usefulness and to save new book purchasing funds. In the 1970’s San Val moved its production facilities from the St. Louis area to Steelville, MO-a small community 90 miles away. In the '90s the company saw a new hardcover need to fill ultra-short run hardback orders. At the time a short-run order meant a few thousand units for most bookbinders. Recent digital and POD (print-on-demand) technologies, though, meant a few dozen or several hundred books could be economically printed. However, automated binding equipment can't economically match the small quantity hardcover need. San Val stepped in and now regularly offers edition binding. Most of our casebound orders range from 100-1,000 units. In 2001 San Val opened a second production facility in Farmington, MO, south of St. Louis. San Val needed the plant to service its growing prebinding business. From 1 to 1,000, San Val is the premier short-run hardcover bookbinder. Today, San Val provides: |
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| Our quality guarantee If at any time our product fails to satisfy in quality of materials or workmanship you may return it to us for repair or replacement. |
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