Chief materials used in making stationery
items are:
Plastic
Plastic is extensively used for almost all kinds of stationery items.
Polypropylene, Polyethylene, and Polyvinyl chloride produces remarkable
recycled plastic stationery items such as rulers, pencil-boxes, geometry
boxes, pens, lead pencils, paper trays, calculators, CD cases, marker
pens, identity cards etc.
Rubber
Rubber is used in making majority of stationery items such as eraser,
magnets, official stamps, pen stands, rubber bands etc.
Wood
Wood such as teak, pine, beech, birch, sandalwood wood are used in
making stationery items such as paint brush, stationery box, pen stand,
handmade paper diaries, letter racks, paper pad holders, envelope
holders, letter opener etc.
Metal
Metal is used to manufacture tape dispensers, pins, drawing pins,
clippers, loose-lead binders, rulers, letter openers, staplers, staple
pins, paper trays, desk organizers, scissors, writing instruments, name
card holders, geometry boxes etc.
Leather
Leather Fine leather stationery items are available such as business
organizers, journals, planners, notebooks etc
Glass
Glass Stained glass, Crystal glass, Smoked glass are used in
manufacturing stationery items such as table stationery set, boxes
Paper
Paper Following paper variants are used in making stationery leaflets,
brochures, envelopes, letter heads, certificates, country maps, books,
report cards, calendars, greeting cards etc
- Copier: is a lightweight, glazed or unglazed, good
quality paper.
- Embossed: is a textured, patterned surfaced
(linen, sand-grain, hammer) paper.
- Uncoated: paper is used in making low-quality
stationery items.
- Laid: is uncoated paper with horizontal and
vertical watermarks.
- Wove: paper does not display laid lines, which are
present in laid paper. Laid and woven papers are also referred as
Bond paper.
- Handmade: paper is expensive, luxury stationery
used for special occasions.
- 100% cotton paper or rag paper: is a strong
quality, expensive paper made of cotton rags, used for ceremonial
invitations such as wedding cards.