Quality
“Made in Japan”: These words are essential to any discussion of NOLTY’s quality. Our planners are produced by our main partner Shinjudo, a bookbinding company founded in 1922.
Shinjudo’s skilled artisans pay close attention to detail in countless areas, ensuring the beauty and ease of use that NOLTY planners are known for. Though each individual detail is minor, the cumulative effect gives NOLTY planners an unsurpassed elegance, and those artisans are hard at work at this very moment to uphold these quality standards.
Printing
Holding paper up to the light to check for skewed lines
Ink concentration is kept constant by regulating pH via humidity and temperature
Cutting
The gray trim mark bands show how cleanly the sheets are cut
Eliminating air from between pages and aligning cut edges
Folding
The folding process is closely monitored, with sample inspections every three minutes
Large sheets of paper are folded three times to create sixteen pages
Collating
Binding
Reinforcing
Gluing
Wrapping
Adding color
A unique blend of pigments is swiftly applied
Gold leaf adds beauty and protects against soiling
Note: Process for NOLTY Planner
Covering
All work is done by hand.
Artisans must be quick enough to finish before the glue dries, but careful enough to avoid smearing any glue on the pages
Covers are added to a steady stream of planners at a brisk pace