Information on material used.

What is Texon?
Texon is a leather substitute used mostly in the textile and shoe industries or, as here, for book covers. It makes sense in more ways than one: first, Texon is manufactured by means of a production process similar to paper. The cellulose fibres are however rubberized, making them considerably more damp-resistant than paper or cardboard - in fact, more robust in general. Second, it never becomes 'delaminated', the term of the trade used for the process of deterioration by which cardboard after a certain time starts splitting up into separate layers.

Manufactum’s ATOMA loose-leaf binders – notebook and organizer in one. Ready-to-use or assemble as you wish.

Last year we presented you with the Belgian ATOMA note-book system for the first time. It’s 60 years old, and consists simply of circular rings and loose-leaf sheets of paper. As you will see, there is a wide variety of lined and plain paper formats available – with patented holes for extra-easy insertion or extraction – to help you put your note-books together to suit your particular needs: the plain sheets are good for copying your own designs e.g. from your PC, like official documents, calendars or address books. Since last year we’ve worked on the quality of the paper itself, the range of loose leaf refills and the binder covers, and also seen to the production, for the first time, of a special ATOMA punch.

The ATOMA construction set.

In order to 'compose' your personal ATOMA notebook from the following parts, you'll need:

• the aluminium rings (that is 11 for an A4- or 8 for an A5-notebook),
• a set of covers, made of Texon and available in regular A4 or A5 formats and - in case you plan to include any of the index sheets also on offer - wide A4 or wide A5 formats,
• loose-leaf refills with the required patented ATOMA hole shapes, sizes A4 or A5
• and, if you like, write-on index sheets with 6x-index available in wide A4 and wide A5 formats.

Assembly is incredibly easy: first, mount the aluminium rings to the back cover; then add the loose-leaf sheets, about 8 at a time; finally, place the front cover on top and mount it to the rings. By the way: we still have all our blank versions on offer as ready-made notebooks and notepads.