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Opus International Products Welcomes Rob Cooney as New Business Development Manager

Leamington Spa-based injection moulder, Opus International Products, is pleased to officially welcome Rob Cooney as Business Development Manager.

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Omya Performance Polymer Distribution Partners with SK Chemicals for European Distribution

Omya Performance Polymer Distribution has been appointed by SK Chemicals as its distribution partner for SKYPEL® thermoplastic polyester elastomers (TPE-E) across European

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RECOUP Strengthens Board Expertise with Two New Advisor Appointments

RECOUP is pleased to confirm the appointments of Professor Andrew Dove and Jon Brookes as new Advisors to the RECOUP Board, further

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PlastikCity on Tour: Inside JC Moulding’s Design-Led Approach to Low-Cost Injection Moulding

PlastikCity’s Will Clarke and Dan Russell recently visited JC Moulding in South Wales, to meet Technical Director Chris Fall and to learn

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KraussMaffei UK to Showcase Interactive Digital Environment and Integrated Support Solutions at Interplas 2026

KraussMaffei UK is inviting visitors to Interplas 2026 to step into a fully immersive digital environment, designed to provide a transparent and

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Injection Moulding Headaches Part 7: Weld Lines (and How to Fix It) // Alliance Tooling

Here’s another defect that can quietly weaken a moulded part. This week’s issue is weld lines (weld joins). This is the seventh

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Advanced Plastics Reports Strong Results with Latest Wittmann Tempro Units

Advanced Plastics reports successful results from the most recent deployment of Wittmann Tempro units in its injection moulding processes.

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2 June 2026 // Interplas 2026 Kicks Off, PlastikCity Visits JC Moulding, and RECOUP’s New Advisors
byJess Clarke

In today’s brief:📍 Interplas Opens: The UK’s premier plastics exhibition officially begins today at the NEC Birmingham. We highlight the opening day line-up, featuring vital market insights from the British Plastics Federation and polymer supply chain analysis from Plastribution.🛠️ Production Insight: A closer look at South Wales-based JC Moulding, where an innovative quick-change insert tooling system is driving down upfront costs and making injection moulding viable for lower-volume UK manufacturing projects.🤝 Distribution Update: Omya Performance Polymer Distribution secures a strategic pan-European agreement with SK Chemicals for its Skypel TPE-E portfolio, utilizing Distrupol's extensive network to target the automotive and electronics sectors.🔄 Circular Leadership: RECOUP strengthens its board with two major advisory appointments, arriving alongside a critical industry report highlighting that UK domestic plastics reprocessing capacity currently stands at just 23%.

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