Process for producing a plastic-metal composite component, especially with a shear-resistant and form-fitting bond of the metal component and plastics component, by a) providing an injection mould/compression mould having at least one openable cavity and a mould dimension A in closure direction and a mould dimension B at right angles to closure direction of the injection mould/compression mould and a cavity circumference UW corresponding to the circumference of the cavity in the region of the injection mould/compression mould dimensions A and B, b) providing at least one hollow profile made of metal with a ratio of diameter to wall thickness in the range from 5:1 to 300:1, the outer dimension C of which is greater by a range of 0.1% to 5% than the mould dimension A, and the outer dimension D of which is smaller by a range of 0.1% to 5% than the mould dimension B, and the figures for C and D are based on 90° viewed in the direction toward the longitudinal axis of the hollow profile, and the hollow profile circumference UH of which corresponds to the cavity circumference UW of the at least one injection mould/compression mould cavity UW specified in a), c) inserting the hollow profile into the at least one cavity of the injection mould/compression mould provided in a), d) closing the at least one cavity of the injection mould or compression mould and pressing the hollow profile by the mould closure movement in closure direction of the at least one cavity, with a change in the shape of the hollow profile provided in b), and where the outer surface of the hollow profile, after the end of the closure operation, corresponds to the inner shape of the cavity of the injection mould/compression mould provided in process step a) in the region of the contact surfaces at the axial ends of the at least one cavity, where the hollow profile circumference UH remains equal to the cavity circumference UW, e) externally applying an application of plastic in the form of a melt with a pressure in the range from 1 bar to 1000 bar to the hollow profile, preferably in the range from 10 bar to 500 bar, more preferably in the range from 50 bar to 300 bar, f) cooling the application of plastic applied to the hollow profile in e) (solidification), and g) removing the finished composite component from the injection mould/compression mould, with the proviso that the change in shape of the hollow profile by the closing of the injection mould or compression mould and hence simultaneously the sealing of the mould cavity with respect to the outer hollow profile surface effects the subsequent and locally restricted application of plastic to the metal-based hollow profile in process step e) without auxiliarie positioned within the hollow profile that counteract the injection or compression pressure. a) providing an injection mould/compression mould having at least one openable cavity and a mould dimension A in closure direction and a mould dimension B at right angles to closure direction of the injection mould/compression mould and a cavity circumference UW corresponding to the circumference of the cavity in the region of the injection mould/compression mould dimensions A and B, b) providing at least one hollow profile made of metal with a ratio of diameter to wall thickness in the range from 5:1 to 300:1, the outer dimension C of which is greater by a range of 0.1% to 5% than the mould dimension A, and the outer dimension D of which is smaller by a range of 0.1% to 5% than the mould dimension B, and the figures for C and D are based on 90° viewed in the direction toward the longitudinal axis of the hollow profile, and the hollow profile circumference UH of which corresponds to the cavity circumference UW of the at least one injection mould/compression mould cavity UW specified in a), c) inserting the hollow profile into the at least one cavity of the injection mould/compression mould provided in a), d) closing the at least one cavity of the injection mould or compression mould and pressing the hollow profile by the mould closure movement in closure direction of the at least one cavity, with a change in the shape of the hollow profile provided in b), and where the outer surface of the hollow profile, after the end of the closure operation, corresponds to the inner shape of the cavity of the injection mould/compression mould provided in process step a) in the region of the contact surfaces at the axial ends of the at least one cavity, where the hollow profile circumference UH remains equal to the cavity circumference UW, e) externally applying an application of plastic in the form of a melt with a pressure in the range from 1 bar to 1000 bar to the hollow profile, preferably in the range from 10 bar to 500 bar, more preferably in the range from 50 bar to 300 bar, f) cooling the application of plastic applied to the hollow profile in e) (solidification), and g) removing the finished composite component from the injection mould/compression mould,