Huge injection molding machines meet market demands

Learn how and why processors are running ever-larger IMMs with thousands of tons of clamping force on this podcast episode.
Sept. 25, 2025

On this episode of PMM Insight, Editor Ron Shinn and Senior Reporter Karen Hanna discuss high-tonnage injection molding machines. You'll learn: 

  • Some of the special infrastructure requirements for these presses, which can be the size of a basketball court. 
  • Increased capacity required in materials handling systems for machines that can consume as much as 250 tons of resin a month. 

Read the full story on these injection molding mammoths.

About the Author

Ron Shinn

Editor

Editor Ron Shinn is a co-founder of Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing and has been covering the plastics industry for more than 35 years. He leads the editorial team, directs coverage and sets the editorial calendar. He also writes features, including the Talking Points column and On the Factory Floor, and covers recycling and sustainability for PMM and Plastics Recycling.

Karen Hanna

Senior Staff Reporter

Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.

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