LS Mtron Injection Molding Machine has hired Weihsiung “Wes” Lim as marketing manager for North America.
In this role, Lim’s duties will include leading strategy alongside the sales team to expand LS Mtron’s market share, which grew 101% year over year in the U.S. this summer. He will manage the LS Mtron IMM trade show program, oversee product launches, identify industry partnerships and lead asset creation for the sales team.
Lim joins LS Mtron after a previous plastics industry role as a marketing specialist with Sumitomo Demag North America. In his nearly three years with Sumitomo, Lim executed all marketing programs and trade show promotion, including launch of the company’s PAC-E machine and SAM-S robotic arm at NPE 2024.
“Wes’ strong creative background will be a great asset, especially for the IMM business,” said LS Mtron President of Sales Paul Caprio. “We’re excited to leverage his talents in producing digital visual and video content, particularly to emphasize the successes of our customers and to maximize our presence at NPE 2027.”
With a bachelor’s in new media arts and minor in architecture from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, Lim has also served in marketing roles for the health care and wholesale architectural materials industries.
Lim is based in LS Mtron’s Atlanta offices. He can be reached at wes.Lim@lsinjectionusa.com.
About LS Mtron Injection Molding Machine
LS Mtron is part of the LS Group, a South Korean-based conglomerate with over 25,000 employees, annual revenues of over $30 billion and profit of approximately $1 billion. LS Mtron Injection Molding Machines (LS IMM), a division of LS Mtron, was started in 1969 by South Korean tech giant LG Corporation, one of the world’s largest plastic molders. Founded initially to satisfy their own production needs for injection molded components used in their world-famous TVs, appliances, electronics, and other products, today LS IMM produces thousands of machines a year, not only for use by our network of LS-related and LG-founded companies but also for thousands of molders around the world.
Since 2021, the LS Group has invested $722 million in a number of its businesses in the U.S., demonstrating unwavering commitment to long-term growth and innovation.
Beginning with the development of Korea’s first injection molding machines, LS IMM prides itself on quality, service and fast deliveries. The combined strength of the LS family of companies allows us to solve many of the world’s supply-chain challenges.
Because of this, LS IMM can provide new custom molding machines to our customers in North America in just 100 days from casting to cargo, or even faster from our stocked inventory.