THE iconic clay characters in Aardman Animation’s latest blockbuster film Early Man are made from material produced in Newton Abbot.

Newclay Products, on the Heathfield Industrial Estate, has been the company of choice for the famous Bristol animators, headed up by multiple Oscar-winner Nick Park, since their first feature length film Chicken Run in 1997.

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