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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…
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