3 Ring Binders and World Trade

There is a lot of discussion in the news regarding international trade. Over the last several years, Chinese manufacturers have established a tremendous presence in the US market. Here at SpeedBinder, we have received several inquiries wanting to know more about where our 3 ring binders and other products are made.

SpeedBinder operates its primary manufacturing facility in Omaha, Nebraska. We are proud to say that our products are "Made in the USA"!

The majority of our supplies and raw materials are USA made as well. All of the chipboard in our binders is domestic, as is most of the vinyl. The only component that we routinely source from overseas is the ring metals. Those are all made in China.

We believe that this represents the best possible balance: Chinese manufacturers make the "commodity" item, and we use US materials and labor to make that commodity into a custom product.

Some binder companies are trying to source three ring binders from China. We have decided not to do this, and here's why: For custom projects, China can not compete with SpeedBinder on customer service, turn around time or quality. Simply put, we are better. For commodity binders (such as 1/2" clearview binders like you might find at Costco), Chinese manufacturers are indeed less expensive. However, SpeedBinder rarely sells based on price alone. We tell our customers that if low cost imported products will work for them, they should buy them. But if they need something special (different colors, etc), then they should stay with US manufacturing.