Book Manufacturers & Stationers Since 1885

Welcome to Engel Bindery!

Engel Bindery Co. is a small business in which each employee takes pride in their work and specializes in high quality performance. We serve printers, businesses, hospitals, individuals, schools, and churches in the Kansas City area and nationwide. Hardback book binding, rebinding, glue work, lamination with glue, saddle sewing, smyth sewing, flat sewing, casemaking, binders, hotstamping, die cutting and embossing are just a few examples of the services we offer.

Our unique choir-hymnal binder is an original design by Frances Porter and her husband, Jim, that's being used by 100,000 choir members. We make some custom binders and post binders and do custom bookbinding, many family histories limited editions and such. One book or thousands, our service strives for excellence. The newest part of the business is hot foilstamping, die cutting, and embossing with insistence on quality. Many fine restaurants are using our gold foil stamped menu covers and wine list covers and you may even have one of our business cards in your wallet!

Call for quotes, or click here for an online quote. Our Products and Services for Churches are the "Friendship Register" and two types of choir binders, our "Choir Hymnal Binder" designed to hold both your hymnal and anthems, and our thinner "#2" binder for anthems only. Also we rebind hymnals for all Churches, Church bulletin binding.