01 Oct 2026 // UK Growth Revised Up, Ampacet LaserMark, BASF Recycled Grades, and Energy Cost Calls

01 Oct 2026 // UK Growth Revised Up, Ampacet LaserMark, BASF Recycled Grades, and Energy Cost Calls

In today’s brief:

📈 UK Growth Revised Up: Second-quarter economic growth is revised to 0.5%, with manufacturing, construction, and services all expanding.

🔬 Ampacet LaserMark: Ampacet extends its ProVital+ LaserMark masterbatch range, supporting identification and traceability on medical plastic components and pharmaceutical packaging.

♻️ BASF Recycled Grades: New Ultradur compounds contain up to 30% post-consumer recycled material, helping automotive manufacturers increase recycled content in demanding engineering applications.

⚡ Energy Cost Calls: Make UK welcomes Great British Grid plans but urges immediate action to reduce industrial energy bills and accelerate delivery of the Industrial Strategy.

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Jess Clarke

Jess Clarke

Jess Clarke is Managing Director of PlastikCity and PlastikMedia, with more than a decade’s experience in marketing and promoting businesses across the UK and Irish plastics industry. Jess joined PlastikCity as its first employee in 2013, working part-time while completing her law degree at Nottingham Trent University. She went on to become Marketing Manager, then Communications Director, before taking over as Managing Director in September 2023.

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