Symcon, a CD manufacturer in the Netherlands, is well underway with developing a new process for pressing vinyl records via Injection Molding. In short, they use a special compound that has more durability than vinyl, requires less energy to press and can be manufactured in half the time. They're still working on the finalized process but they've successfully created a number of 12" records that meet all their internal criteria. The video above gives some more exact insight into the process.

I am sure there will be some purists that will not enjoy the idea of a new material being used but I'm open to the idea. Manufacturing wait times are abysmal and the technique for making the records hasn't really been streamlined in at least 40 years.

Many thanks to Nik Mercer for the heads up.