Clays Ltd

About us:

At Clays, we believe independent publishers should have access to the same high-quality print options as larger trade houses. That’s why we provide a full range of materials designed with small publishers in mind. Our expertise lies in producing monochrome paperbacks and hardbacks in a wide selection of trim sizes, supported by major investment in modern print technology and specialist know-how. For those looking to reach readers directly, we also offer an optional distribution service through our partnership with Gardners. The result is a tailored, expert-led service that ensures Indie publishers can create books to the same professional standard as the wider industry.

Members of:
- The Book Chain Project
- IPG’s Sustainability Action Group
- the Publishers Association Sustainability Taskforce
- BIC Group
And we are committed to the principles and objectives of the EUDR.

Get in touch

Zuaira Islam (zuaira.islam@clays.co.uk)
Address: Clays Ltd, Popson Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1ED
Factory address: Popson Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1ED

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 subscribe to the Carbon Balanced Paper scheme
• We use electric vehicles
• We offer delivery bundling and/or responsible deliveries
• We offer discounts for bundling orders
• We offer carbon footprint information to publishers
• We have a zero-to-landfill policy
• We do not use plastic in packaging and/or deliveries

ECO : SBTI, FSC on all papers, ISO 14001:20215.

Energy used

Percentage of factory energy from renewables on site: %
Percentage of factory energy from renewables bought in: %

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

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
• hardback (PPC)
• hardback (cloth/foil)
• unsewn/perfect-bound paperbacks

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

Papers

We carry:

• Holmen Bookwove 65gsm
• Holmen Bookwove 70gsm
• Munken Premium White 80gsm
• Munken Premium Cream 80gsm

We stock Uncoated, Bookwove, Cream and White