塑料机械工业发展很快，全国塑料机械生产企业已发展到1000家以上，但具有一定规模、实力的企业约400家左右。中国塑料机械工业经过"十五"实现了跨越式的发展，产业规模扩大，连续八年主要经济指标逐年递增，其发展速度与主要经济指标在机械工业所辖的194个行业中名列前茅。
The development of plastic machinery industry is very fast. The production enterprises of plastic machinery in China have developed to more than 1000, but there are about 400 enterprises with certain scale and strength. After the Tenth Five-Year Plan, China's plastic machinery industry has achieved great-leap-forward development. Its industrial scale has expanded and its main economic indicators have been increasing year by year for eight consecutive years. Its development speed and main economic indicators are among the top 194 industries under the jurisdiction of the machinery industry.
塑料加工工业良好的发展前景仍将是中国塑料机械制造工业高速发展的源动力，预计未来中国对塑料机械需求量的年均增长率为6%左右，至2010年为145亿元。也就是说，中国塑机行业的发展潜力很大，后劲很足，尤其是一些科技含量高、性能好、价格相对适中的机型，如特大型、精密、专用注塑机，低温、大功率型单螺杆挤出机，用于生产高阻渗性和耐热性包装材料等的多层共挤吹塑机，生产工业制件(汽车配件等)吹塑机械等，都有很好的发展前景。
The good development prospects of plastic processing industry will continue to be the driving force for the rapid development of China's plastic machinery manufacturing industry. It is estimated that the average annual growth rate of China's demand for plastic machinery will be about 6% in the future, to 14.5 billion yuan in 2010. That is to say, the development potential of China's plastic machine industry is great and its stamina is strong. Especially, some models with high technology content, good performance and relatively moderate price, such as super large, precise and special injection moulding machines, low temperature and high power single screw extruders, are used to produce multi-layer co-extrusion of high impermeability and heat-resistant packaging materials. Blow moulding machine, production of industrial parts (automotive parts, etc.) blow moulding machinery, etc., have good prospects for development.