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📣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! 📚

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🫶🎄

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👏

🌱 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 loom.ly/fItHiu8 #Sustainability #ClimateAction #SBTi

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!🌟

🚨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!

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 - loom.ly/NwvUo7Y

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 🙌 🎉

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! 📚✨

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: loom.ly/ttmjSkw 💚

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

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 clays.co.uk/general-produc…

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👋🏻😊

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☘️📚

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

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!💛⭐

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🍝

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!)

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 ✨

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 ✨