Shall not be assigned to an employer engaged in operations described by another classification unless the operations subject to Code 4251 are conducted as a separate and distinct business.

Code 4251 applies to employers engaged in manufacturing stationery such as loose-leaf type binders, paper labels, desk pads (blotters), coin wrappers and currency straps, envelopes and other products shown below. Raw materials include cardboard, binders’ cloth, leather or imitation leather, canvas, paper, glue, paste, gold leaf, printing and ruling ink, standard loose-leaf metal parts such as rings, posts, screws, hinges and slides. For binders, cardboard is cut to size and covered with leather, imitation leather, cloth or paper by gluing, pasting and some sewing is performed. Covers are reinforced at points subject to the greatest wear by stripping and may be embossed in ink or gold leaf. The metal fittings are then attached to complete the binders.

Fillers for binders and other stationery products are manufactured from paper that is cut to size on manual or power cutters. Special shapes are made on blanking machines with the aid of cutting dies. The operations are generally automatic and include ruling, printing, folding, gluing, trimming, perforating, punching and rounding of corners.

This classification also applies to the manufacturing of carbon paper and typewriter ribbon.

This classification also applies to employers engaged in the manufacturing of greeting cards. Manufacturers of greeting cards engage in operations such as lithographing, printing, cutting, stripping, folding, pasting, attaching decorations, novelties, and ribbons, sorting, examining, collating, counting, boxing, packing and shipping.

This classification also applies to the manufacturing of sample cards, sample display books or swatches. Textile fabrics or other materials may be placed in the cards or books to be used by businesses to illustrate in sample form the type of textile fabric, vinyl, leather, etc., styles and colors that their products are available in. The process may include cutting, gluing, stapling, stitching or labeling.