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About us

Clays have become a major force in this fluid and evolving world through extensive investment and a determination to react quickly to our customers’ fast moving needs. The result of this is an all round service offering for publishers that encompasses digital services, book manufacture, pre-retailing and distribution. Established 200 years ago, Clays produces in excess of 180 million books a year, all printed and bound at our site in Suffolk. We produce a wide range of titles from the Bible to bestsellers by authors such as Dan Brown and Martina Cole. We are proud to work with most of the major publishing houses in the UK as well as a number of exciting new, and established, independent publishers. Through this digital revolution we have remained the UK’s leading book printing company, and embraced new media alongside the more traditional printing process. We have recently added the role of digital service provider to our services, managing the digital data for media such as apps, iPads and eReaders. Driven by our passion to help make the overall supply chain more cost effective and efficient, we are focusing on moving away from the traditional model of ‘print then sell’ to the more beneficial ‘sell then print’.

Industry

Printing Services

Company size

501-1,000 employees

Headquarters

Bungay, Suffolk

Type

Public Company

Specialties

Book Production, Fulfilment, Design Information, Distribution and Delivery, eBooks, Print on Demand, and Inventory Risk Management

Locations

Employees at Clays

Updates

We are super excited to be sponsoring another fantastic IPG Autumn Conference tomorrow 🍂🙌 We'll have a stand over in the exhibitor hall, so please do come and say hello 👋 We'd love to hear about your business and discuss how we may be able to help you 😊 #IPGAC #2024
We understand there has been quite a bit of uncertainty in the industry around the impending European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). That's why we want to explain what this actually means for publishers, and set out our plans to help ahead of the deadline for compliance at the end of 2024 🌲✅ Check out out statement below or click the following link for more information: https://loom.ly/N5XTv3g
Throwback to fantastic day running a Production course for our friends over at Penguin Random House last week! There's nothing quite like seeing your books come to life inside our Suffolk-based factory 📚✨ Thank you also to our fantastic department managers for helping out on the day and sharing your invaluable knowledge with the group😀🙌
We are back with our Sustainability Newsletter, where we update you on all things green at Clays 💚🍃 In this edition, you will see... Our recently approved SBTi targets for the very first time! 💪 Here, we specifically achieved validation following the Net-Zero Standard, the most ambitious route available. 🌎 We also go into more detail around our Scope 3 emissions and how we will calculate these ➗✖️We have adopted a hybrid approach here, so using the best information available alongside proxy data to obtain a complete measurement. ✅ As well as an update on ours trials for new shrink wrap parcels containing 30% recycled content ♻️ Clue: it was a big success and we are currently in the process of transitioning stocks of the previous product to fully change over later this year! 😁 And much more! Read it all here: https://lnkd.in/ejsR3J5k
Sustainability Newsletter – May 2024 – Clays https://www.clays.co.uk
We are thrilled to announce we are now working in collaboration with The Children’s Book Project! This remarkable charity works to distribute donated books—both new and preloved—to children nationwide. With the permission of publishers, Clays will be contributing surplus books to support this noble cause. These books will then be distributed to communities where access to literature is limited, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to own and cherish their own books. To learn more about this wonderful initiative, please visit the link provided below:https://loom.ly/-CkDSxM
We cannot believe how quickly this year's London Book Fair has come around! With only a week to go, we are so excited to meet with new and existing customers. We will be with the IPG again on stand 6E70, so please come and say hello! #LBF2024
With less than a month to go, we are excited to announce that we will once again be exhibiting at the IPG Spring Conference on the 27th and 28th February! This year's conference includes an array of fascinating talks and publisher masterclasses that you definitely don't want to miss. Plus, the Clays team will be there to meet with our new and existing customers! #IPGSC
Did you know that we offer a distribution service to authors and small publishers through Gardners, one of the UK’s largest wholesalers of books? If you are registered with Gardners, they will fulfil online orders from places like Amazon and Waterstones, so it is a great route to market for new and existing publishers! https://shorturl.at/kvBQR
Distribution – Clays
With only 2 months to go until the London Book Fair, we are pleased to announce that we will once again be exhibiting alongside other IPG members on stand 6E70! We can't wait to be back and meet with new and existing customers. Registration is still open, so make sure to sign up soon! #LBF24

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