Injection moulding moves to integrated system engineering

Karuvela Muthu, Joint General Manager - Sales & Marketing, Shibaura Machine India, highlights that by integrating our machine architecture with a hydraulic oil designed to meet higher performance standards, we can offer the industry a more complete and future-ready solution.

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Imtiaz Ahmed, Equipment Builder (OEM) Commercialisation Manager, India, Exxon Mobil, shares that, from our standpoint, PlastIndia provides a valuable platform to connect with customers and OEM partners at a system-wide level.

How is injection moulding machine design shifting from component-level optimisation to fully integrated system engineering?

KP Karuvela Muthu: PlastIndia brings together machine manufacturers, processors, and solution providers who address common challenges in performance, efficiency, and long-term reliability. For us, this edition is especially significant because it provides an opportunity to demonstrate how injection moulding machine design is evolving—from a focus on individual components to fully integrated system engineering.

Our collaboration with Mobil ™ reflects this evolution. By aligning our machine architecture with a hydraulic oil engineered to meet higher-performance demands, we can offer a more comprehensive, future-ready solution to the industry.

What measurable gains can OEMs and processors expect from such system-level partnerships?

Imtiaz Ahmed: From our perspective, PlastIndia is an opportunity to engage with customers and OEM partners at a system level. As manufacturing equipment becomes increasingly advanced, expectations for lubricants also rise. Our collaboration with Shibaura Machine demonstrates how hydraulic fluid technology—when engineered in alignment with machine design—can enhance efficiency, reliability, and long-term operational performance. Presenting this jointly reinforces the idea that meaningful gains are achieved when equipment builders and solution partners work closely together.