At Clefs, we operate at the nexus of plastics and sustainability. Our focus is on practical and effective strategies that improve the bottom line and the environmental footprint of your business.
About Clefs Advisory, LLC
Clefs means “keys”, in both the mechanical and musical sense. Finding the right key requires focus, patience, and wisdom – elements not always in abundance when running a business.
Keys unlock doors, but they have to be turned first. We create turning points for businesses ready to align growth with sustainability.
We’ve worked in large publicly traded companies, cash-strapped start-ups, engineered materials firms, and international OEMs. We’ve created and executed go-to-market plans in energy management, composite materials, biofuels, capital equipment, and recycled plastic materials. In each case, the client’s needs were met or exceeded, as measured by increased sales, certifications gained, channel partnerships established, or new markets identified.
No strategy is one-size-fits-all, but there are proven frameworks and tools that can be applied at all levels. We have a few keys at our disposal. Let’s turn them together and unlock your success.
What We Do
Business Strategy
Even the most seasoned managers can benefit from a trusted partner to help them “turn the lens on the kaleidoscope” and get a fresh perspective. By going back to fundamentals and using classic strategy tools, we assess business performance both in current market conditions and under future market scenarios. What got you there won’t necessarily keep you there.
- Business performance analysis
- Market research & intelligence
- Comprehensive sales & marketing plans
- NPD commercialization
- CRM assessment & buildout
Sustainability Strategy
Overwhelmed with sustainability-themed reports, articles, blogs, certification programs, data requirements? Confused by the alphabet soup of acronyms like ESG, UN SDG, EPR, PPWR, CASB54, CSRD, TCFD, etc.? Let us alleviate your anxiety and help you navigate what actually matters to your business.
- Big picture assessment
- Gap analysis & data mapping
- Certification planning & project management (APR, RecyClass)
- Policy & reporting advice
- EPR fee modeling
International Business Development
With nearly two decades of experience in North America, Europe, and different Asian markets, we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Wide exposure to blue chip companies and gritty entrepreneurs ensures a wise and balanced view of manufacturing and industry. It’s also led to the development of a wide and deep network of contacts from the C-suite to the factory floor. Whether you’re seeking a licensing partner in SE Asia or looking to build a new factory in the US, we have the connections to bring your project to fruition.
- Market intelligence
- JV / M&A advisory for SMEs
- Strategic planning
- Opportunity assessment
- Subject matter expert network
- Factory operations
- Six sigma project management
- Price and cost modeling
- Supply chain analysis
Thermoformed Packaging Market Report
The only thermoforming-specific market report available today. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the thermoforming market, outlining key growth drivers, competitive dynamics, and investment considerations for industry stakeholders. It also offers several industry case studies, covers specific M&A transactions, and includes perspectives on supply-side technologies, recycling mandates, Europe and global markets.
Polypropylene Rigid Sheet Market Study
Global polypropylene (PP) is a $120–130B resin platform growing ~4–5% annually, but North American sheet producers and thermoformers are navigating a very different reality: oversupplied upstream resin, shifting demand from PS to PP/PET, rising regulatory pressure, and accelerating interest in food-grade rPP. This 22-page market study offers a focused, data-driven view of the North American PP rigid sheet value chain.
Plastics and Sustainability E-Book
A comprehensive and practical understanding of how plastics are used in the modern world. It includes a solid basis of the foundational science that underpins how polymers are made and how they function in a variety of applications, markets, and industries.
