20 Oct 2026 // CyTec’s Airtect Partnership, FANUC Award Finalists, TEP’s New Presses, and Plaswire’s Scottish Plans
Jess Clarke- 1 minute read
In today’s brief:
🔍 CyTec’s Airtect Partnership: CyTec UK becomes an official sales partner for plastic leak detection systems, helping injection moulders protect hot runner moulds and machine nozzles from melt-leak damage.
🏆 FANUC Award Finalists: FANUC UK secures three Plastics Industry Awards finalist places, recognising a UK medical manufacturing project, apprentice Suleymaan Khan, and the Future of Precision Engineering event.
⚙️ TEP’s New Compression Presses: Taylor Engineering & Plastics completes acceptance testing on two 1,200-tonne SMC presses, with production scheduled to begin in early 2027.
♻️ Plaswire’s Scottish Expansion Plans: The Northern Ireland recycler signs an agreement with Port of Inverness to progress a proposed facility processing wind turbine blades and industrial composite waste.
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