Gutenberg Bible replica

A world-famous library joined forces with us to produce a new copy of one of the world’s first-ever printed books – the Gutenberg Bible.

Helix Binders, who have been supported by Business Gateway Falkirk, won the contract to work with the John Rylands Library in Manchester in October to create a ‘handling’ copy of the original book which was first published in the 15th Century.

With only seven copies of the bible, which are each worth in excess of £40m, in existence in the UK, the library wanted to provide scholars and visiting parties with a rare opportunity to view and touch a replica of the iconic volume owned by the University of Manchester.

Now the copy, which was produced using the combined 60 years’ experience of Helix Binders owners Iain Kirkwood and Robert McKernan, has been delivered to the library and is expected to be unveiled to visiting parties soon.