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

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, utilising 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%.For the full stories, visit plastikmedia.co.uk.