09 Sep 2026 // Forteq UK Closure, Manufacturing Growth Plans, JLR Workforce Impact, and Automotive Plastics Recycling

09 Sep 2026 // Forteq UK Closure, Manufacturing Growth Plans, JLR Workforce Impact, and Automotive Plastics Recycling

In today’s brief:

🏭 Automotive plastics manufacturer Forteq UK will close its Huddersfield production facility in November, affecting around 50 to 60 employees.

⚡ Make UK calls for Budget action on industrial energy prices and other business costs following the Chancellor’s growth speech.

🚘 Industry figures warn that JLR’s planned 4,000 job cuts could affect skills, research, development, and the wider automotive supply chain.

♻️ A chemicals industry pilot shows that recovering plastics from end-of-life vehicles is technically feasible, although cost, sorting, and material quality remain obstacles.

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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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