Founded in 1920 as one of the few companies in Japan that focused solely on paper production, Maruman has grown to become one of Japan's top notepad manufacturers. As the first company in Japan to launch a coil notepad, Maruman's coil books and loose-leaf books have been selling well, with a cumulative sales of 4.7 million copies of the classic coil book "Memory Goddess" in 2019.
Different from the comprehensive development of KOKUYO, Maruman's notepad is suitable for business people and people in the art industry, the notebook cover is mostly solid color design, and there are few cover designs as varied as KOKUYO, the ace series "Memory Goddess" has a backing plate, side tear line and single-sided printing layout, which can be used to record, draw and draw mind maps on the go, and the "PUO" series has a narrow body shape, which is more convenient to carry, and the special schedule page can also record work schedules.
The inner pages of the Maruman notepad are very good, and the MPS (Maruman Paper Series) paper developed by Maruman is different from Kokuyo paper and Bagawa paper, which rely on the coating layer to win, in that when grinding plant fibers, the paper fibers are shorter and finer than the usual paper fibers, and the paper fibers are distributed with anisotropy and porosity, which improves the fiber density and avoids the problem of ink leakage when the ink touches the paper and is more likely to spread into the paper fibers due to no deep processing. This also leads to a smooth and slightly damped MPS paper that is in harmony with the pen, but the price is generally high because of the production cost of the pulp.
In addition to its sketchbooks and other painting materials, Maruman is more popular in China for its "Goddess of Memory" series, KURUFIT loose-leaf and PUO loose-leaf books.
There are several binding methods for notepads, such as thread binding, glue binding, coils and loose sheets, etc., the binding method will affect whether the notebook can be placed flat when opened, whether the page can remain attached, and the binding method of the coil will make the notebook easier to til, turn the pages more smoothly, and record more easily;Take a picture on paperThe glued-bound Tear Thread cardboard pad is more conducive to recording inspiration and tearing pages, both of which are used in Maruman's "Goddess of Memory" series.
Maruman "Goddess of Memory" series is designed for art creators and business people, the black and gold cover design is simple and beautiful, and there are as many as 14 kinds of coil books and 8 kinds of matching layouts Specifications Page turning method, which can meet most of the work use scenarios, and is also suitable for students who are more ambitious, the inner page uses 80g MPS paper, each page is single-sided printing, with tearing lines, and the last page is a backing board, which can record inspiration at any time. The pricing, while higher, is exactly what you pay for.
Compared with the "Goddess of Memory" series, the KURUFIT loose-leaf book is more civilian, using an ultra-thin PP cover that is easy to roll up, which can accommodate 60 pages of loose-leaf work, suitable for daily carrying and use by student parties and working parties, and can be used as an entry-level model for Maruman.
PUO loose-leaf book spans the entire low-end to high-end sales line, the specifications are equivalent to the narrow B5, when you pick it up with one hand, you don't need to roll it up like KURUFIT, you can just hold it with one hand, and the shell has several versions, PP version, dip paper version, bright color version, and PU version are made of different materials. The dip paper version uses special waterproof paper, which feels soft and textured, and can be decorated with its own patterns, and the highest-end leather PUO can be used as a handbook.
When buying Maruman's loose-leaf book, you need to pay attention to one point, the shell and inner page of its loose-leaf book are sold separately, remember to buy it together, which is also the usual routine of Japanese brands, but in this way, you can match the proportion of the inner page layout yourself, which is a good way to sell.
