Clays

Market-leading book production services : manufacturing, inventory management, distribution.

[Clays @Claysltd]

📣Exciting News!📣

We are delighted to announce that our book factory will be featured in the upcoming BBC series of Inside the Factory!

📺When:
🗓️Tuesday, 28th Jan
⏰8 PM on BBC One

This episode is a must-see for book enthusiasts and print fanatics alike. Don't miss it! 📚

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We are so proud to have played a small part in helping The Children's Book Project to achieve this incredible milestone💝📚

Congratulations to everyone involved in this amazing initiative. Every child deserves access to beautifully written stories this Christmas🫶🎄

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Some lovely news to share as this year comes to an end...

We are super excited to announce we have been awarded the BIC Supply Chain Excellence Award🏆✨

Thank you to BIC for this recognition, and thank you to all of the wonderful staff at Clays who helped make this happen👏

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🌱 Welcome to Issue #6 of our Sustainability Newsletter! In this edition, we’re sharing:

✅ Our 2024 emissions data & SBTi progress
⚡ Our energy efficiency goals for the year
📋 Updates on compliance activities

https://t.co/32WT3zaGwB

#Sustainability #ClimateAction #SBTi

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At our Bungay book factory, we don’t just print the UK’s most iconic titles—we also offer exclusive tours for customers!📚

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting a course for Nosy Crow, and the feedback has been incredible.💬❤️ We love sharing the magic of book production!🌟

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🚨Exciting News!🚨

Our episode of BBC Inside the Factory is airing TOMORROW NIGHT! 🎉

Catch this sneak preview where our Web Room Manager, Dave, gives Paddy an inside look at the magic of text printing. 🖨️✨

📺 When: Tomorrow, 8PM
📍 Where: BBC One

Don’t miss it!

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We very pleased to announce we have agreed to a new renewable electricity contract with @DraxEnergy through the Galloway Hydropower scheme ⚡️💚
Click here to read our statement in full - https://t.co/aR6Uh9wL78

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Some more good news to share! We are super excited to announce that we have once again been awarded the BIC Supply Chain Excellence Award (SCEA) Accreditation for 2024-2025 🙌 🎉

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From everyone at Clays, we would like to wish our followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄🎆 We look forward to printing even more books in 2025! 📚✨

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Our last Sustainability newsletter of the year is now officially live! In this edition, we’re sharing our progress toward Scope 1 & 2 emissions goals—from upgrading heating systems to boosting site energy efficiency🔋⚡
Read the letter in full here: https://t.co/SGF5WmYLoO 💚

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Massive congratulations to @vintagebooks 👏🏻🍾 Time to get started on the reprints! 📚 #BookerPrize2024

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‘Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened’

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2024 is Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 🌌✨

Discover the book: https://t.co/Jx491BCyuj

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Curious about how GPSR might impact the books you print at Clays? 📚 We've put together a simple overview based on our understanding of the regulations. Please follow the link below for more information ✅ #GPSR #BookPrinting
https://t.co/UlLueWEkyk

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We are here at the #FutureNow annual conference with @PublishingIRL 📚☘️If you are here, please come and say hello to us in the exhibitor hall! We'd love to meet you👋🏻😊

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With only two weeks to go, we are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year's Irish Publishers Conference: Future, Now 🙌 We look forward to catching up with new and existing clients on the 8th November!

@PublishingIRL☘️📚

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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

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Y is another tricky word to find, but luckily Yellow is one of the 4 process colours needed in the production of covers, jackets, & illustrations! We've already done a post explaining what CMYK is and how it works. So, this post is just to celebrate our bright friend, Yellow!💛⭐

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Unfortunately, it has proven difficult to find an X word! So, we want to remind you of the services we offer at Clays:
- Paperback & hardback production📚
- Printed edges✨
- A department dedicated to working with Indies🤝
- Colour printing through our Italian parent company🍝

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W is for Wibalin! 📚 Produced by Winter & Company, Wibalin is an imitation cloth applied to the case of hardback books. These come in a wide range of colours and finishes, so whether you decide on a Fine Linen or Buckram, Wibalin sheets will have your books covered (literally!)

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The whole team at Clays would like to wish every single author and publisher on the Booker Prize 2024 Longlist a MASSIVE congratulations 🍾🎉 There are some fantastic reads on this year's list and we look forward to seeing who the winners are in November! #BookerPrize2024 ✨

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Varnishes can be split into two categories:

An Overall varnish - A clear gloss or matt finish which offers protection and coating to a cover, without the need for lamination 📚

A Spot Varnish - Where we apply gloss or matt varnish to a specific area, for example, the title ✨