200 Million Copies of the Bible printed in China
Amity Printing at Namging (Nanjing), China, the largest Bible Printing Press in the world scaled yet another milestone on 11/11 this year when it rolled out the 200 millionth copy of the Bible printed in its state-of-the-art facility. Amity printing is a joint project of the Amity Foundation, a local Christian NGO, and United Bible Societies (UBS).
Bible printed for the Bible Society of South Africa had the privilege to be 200 millionth copy. The press began operating in 1987 and Amity Printing Company (APC) was established in 1988. An association of 145 national Bible societies, Amity Printing produced its first copy of “the Good Book” in 1987.
Today, Amity Printing operates with high speed, state-of-the-art printing equipment, run and operated by 500 staff. The new 85,000 square meters facility is capable of printing more than 20 million copies of the Bible a year, and is currently producing an average of one copy per second!
Amity has printed Bibles in 130 languages. While the printing company produced 85 million Chinese Bibles in its 33 years of history, over 114 million bibles were in foreign languages.
Pastoral Bible Foundation, under the umbrella of Claret Publishing Group, has printed and published over four million copies of Bibles with Amity Printing Company in 12 different languages including Chinese, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Tagalog.
Fr. Alberto Beto Rossa, Director of Pastoral Bible Foundation and Fr Jose Cherukara participated in the celebrations for the 200 millionth Copy Bible in Nanjing.
Amity Printing at Namging (Nanjing), China, the largest Bible Printing Press in the world scaled yet another milestone on 11/11 this year when it rolled out the 200 millionth copy of the Bible printed in its state-of-the-art facility. Amity printing is a joint project of the Amity Foundation, a local Christian NGO, and United Bible Societies (UBS).
Today, Amity Printing operates with high speed, state-of-the-art printing equipment, run and operated by 500 staff. The new 85,000 square meters facility is capable of printing more than 20 million copies of the Bible a year, and is currently producing an average of one copy per second!
Amity has printed Bibles in 130 languages. While the printing company produced 85 million Chinese Bibles in its 33 years of history, over 114 million bibles were in foreign languages.
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| Fr. Alberto Rossa with the Amity Printing Company's recognition for "All Weather Friendship" with Claretian Communications, Philippines, together with with Fr. Jose Cherukara, Allan and Bob. |
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