Discover our cover materials
Van Heek Textiles offers a diverse range of high-quality cover materials designed to give your books, stationary and packaging a distinctive, elegant appearance.
We have fabrics to meet any need – whether you’re looking for a natural finish, coated, smooth, or textured options. And to top it off, they’re available in a variety of colours—from subtle neutrals to eye-catching, vibrant tones, there’s something for everyone!
We also offer specialized qualities ideal for offset printing and spine reinforcement.
Qualities
Applications
A wide range of stylish colours and textures for timeless designs
The wide variety of available textile cover materials allows designers to give hardcover books the ‘packaging’ they deserve. Over time, linen has proven its value as an exceptional binding material. For many book lovers, a beautifully bound book simply needs linen to feel attractive, strong, and valuable. Van Heek Textiles remains committed to providing designers, publishers, bookbinders, and printers with a broad and versatile selection of bookbinding cloth in contemporary colours. Book cloth, as a woven and natural material, offers unique advantages over other bindings, combining durability, strength, and a distinctive texture that enhance a book’s appeal—and help preserve its content beautifully over generations.
Qualities
A comprehensive standard collection with different qualities and many colours forms the core of our assortment. This collection is mainly available from stock or can be produced at short notice. We set the highest standard for colour fastness, constant quality, flatness and glueability. The same applies to the technical characteristics of printing, stamping and cutting ability.
Standard delivery of our cloth is in rolls varying up to a maximum width of 140 cm. Standard roll lengths are 50 and 100 metres, depending on the quality. For the measurements of the individual qualities we refer to the specifications on the page of the relevant quality.
DELIVERY TO CLIENT SPECIFICATION
In general, we are able to produce any colour to client specifications in all qualities. The minimum order quantity for these special colours is 1,500 metres.
Roll lengths are available on request and can vary from 25 to 1,500 metres. If needed, we can cut smaller rolls to a minimum width of 2.5 cm. We can also supply our materials in sheet form.
Additionally, we are a reliable partner for fabric developments, including flame retardancy, or the application of WDR, thermo, hotmelt, or self-adhesive coatings.
Printing on cover materials
Nowadays many printing techniques can be used on textile cover materials. Even combinations of various printing techniques on the same binding are perfectly possible. On the link below you will find a short overview of the most suitable techniques.Â
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Samples, Swatch Cards and digital swatches
Upon request, we provide sample cards and free samples in A3 format (32 × 45 cm) allowing you to test and evaluate our materials yourself. Â
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Additionally, digital swatches are available to assist with creating mock-ups, providing a convenient way to visualize and plan your projects with accuracy. Â
Contact us, if you need piece lengths in the standard roll width.Â
Get inspired by works made by our customers with our cover materials
