CPI Group (UK)

About us:

CPI Books is the UK’s leading book printing service provider. Our customers benefit from our supply chain solutions and global print network. CPI produces books and journals across multiple channels including; Trade, STMA, Tax, Law, Bibles, Catalogues, as well as Self-Publishing.



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Printer size: 7 UK printing facilities | 8 European Printing Facilities | Global Print Network | 1500+ Employees | 140m UK books printed per year

Established: 1857, Group
For print runs of min. 1 copies +, min. extents of 32 pages


Get in touch

Katy Nickless (knickless@cpi-print.co.uk)
Address: CPI Group (UK) Ltd, 110 Beddington Lane, Croydon CR0 4TD
Factory address: Chatham | Croydon | Eastbourne | Bognor | Beccles | Melksham | Chippenham

Sustainability

Our sustainability considerations include:

  • We only use FSC-approved materials

  • We only use Sustainable Forestry Initiative-approved materials

  • We offer FSC badging (cover)

  • We offer FSC badging (copyright page)

  • We can provide the relevant EUDR information that presses need to process their own DDSs

  • We are able to fulfil EUDR obligations on the behalf of presses

  • We use electric vehicles

  • We offer delivery bundling and/or responsible deliveries

  • We offer discounts for bundling orders

  • We use vegetable-based inks as standard

  • We offer vegetable-based inks

  • We do not use plastic in packaging and/or deliveries


Water based ink for inkjet
Sustainability policy

Energy used
Percentage of factory energy from renewables: 100%

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Carbon footprint offsetting information
Please note: Most of the information on this page is aimed at showing sustainability choices and mesaures; this section demonstrates the printer’s ‘extra mile’ in offsetting their resulting carbon footprint. While it is helpful in showing printers’ attitudes to offsetting, please bear in mind it is of course not necessarily reflective of their total carbon footprint, which we do not ask them to provide here, as printers do not routinely share this information. Data here is provided in percentages only unless otherwise specified by the printer. Information is provided in good faith but presses should exercise caution in relying on figures, and should ask printers for more up-to-date information. We show this information so that presses can use current industry estimates of carbon footprint KGs per book for offsetting, where ~65% of a book’s carbon footprint is in production, transportation accounts for ~25% and packaging makes up ~10%.

Production carbon footprint offset: unknown
Transport carbon footprint offset: unknown
Packaging carbon footprint offset: unknown

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More information and specs

Specs

We offer:

  • lithographic printing

  • digital printing

  • print on demand (POD)

  • automatic stock replenishment (ASR)/direct to Gardners

  • mono (b/w) printing

  • colour printing

  • hardback (PPC)

  • hardback (cloth/foil)

  • sewn paperbacks

  • unsewn/perfect-bound paperbacks

Special Editions, Global Print Solution

Finishes

We offer:

  • foil blocking

  • spot UV

  • set shrinkwrapping

  • box sets

  • French flaps (8pp covers)

  • duplex covers (4/4 covers)

  • sprayed edges/spredges

  • colour plate sections tipped into mono books selected

  • uncoated/unlaminated options for covers

  • sewn sections

Papers

We carry:

  • Holmen Bookwove 65gsm

  • Holmen Bookwove 70gsm

  • Munken Premium White 80gsm

  • Munken Premium Cream 80gsm

  • Munken Print 80gsm

  • Munken Premium White 90gsm

  • Munken Premium Cream 90gsm

We also offer Offset & Silk coated papers

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