An injection moulding machine with an injection moulding tool for the production of preforms with an injection moulding tool plate configured as a core plate and an injection moulding tool plate configured as a cavity plate, wherein the cavity plate and the core plate are movable back and forth relative to one another between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the closed position, the handling elements of the core plate configured as cores are inserted into the handling elements of the cavity plate configured as cavities, whereby moulding spaces are formed between cores on the one hand and cavities on the other hand, whose inner contour corresponds to the outer contour of the preforms to be produced; a removal plate for removing preforms from the core plate, wherein the removal plate can be moved back and forth between an outer position in which the removal plate is not arranged between the cavity plate and the core plate and at least two removal positions in which the removal plate is arranged between the cavity plate and the core plate; and an injection moulding tool plate configured as an after-treatment plate with a plurality of handling elements arranged in columns and rows, wherein the distance r between adjacent handling elements within the rows is larger than the distance s between adjacent handling elements within the columns and the distance s is less than 50 mm, wherein, in the after-treatment plate, the handling elements are removal elements, preferably removal pins, for removing the preforms from the removal plate, wherein the injection moulding tool plate configured as a core or cavity plate is provided for the production of a plurality v of preforms having a plurality of handling elements arranged in columns and rows, wherein the handling elements are cavities or cores, whose inner and outer contour correspond to the outer and inner contour, respectively, of a preform to be produced, wherein the distance r between adjacent handling elements within the rows is larger than the distance s between adjacent handling elements within the columns, wherein the distance s is smaller than 50 mm, characterized in that the distance s is between 44 and 46 mm, wherein the injection moulding tool plate has a working surface with a surface content F, wherein the number of handling elements is t and the ratio is t F > 190 m 2 and that the injection moulding machine is provided for the simultaneous production of a plurality of PET preforms and is configured in such a way that it applies during operation of the injection moulding machine on the injection moulding plates a closing force of less than 30 kN per PET preform to be produced simultaneously, wherein the injection moulding machine comprises four frame members, arranged on four vertices of a rectangle, and the handling elements are arranged between the four frame members, and wherein i) the clearance between two frame members arranged on adjacent vertices of the rectangle is less than 1000 mm, and at least 136, preferably at least 144, handling elements are arranged on the core plate as well as on the cavity plate, or ii) the clearance between two frame members arranged on adjacent vertices of the rectangle is less than 800 mm, and at least 120, preferably at least 128, handling elements are arranged on the core plate as well as on the cavity plate, or iii) the clearance between two frame members arranged on adjacent vertices of the rectangle is less than 750 mm, and at least 88, preferably at least 96, handling elements are arranged on the core plate as well as on the cavity plate. i) the clearance between two frame members arranged on adjacent vertices of the rectangle is less than 1000 mm, and at least 136, preferably at least 144, handling elements are arranged on the core plate as well as on the cavity plate, or ii) the clearance between two frame members arranged on adjacent vertices of the rectangle is less than 800 mm, and at least 120, preferably at least 128, handling elements are arranged on the core plate as well as on the cavity plate, or iii) the clearance between two frame members arranged on adjacent vertices of the rectangle is less than 750 mm, and at least 88, preferably at least 96, handling elements are arranged on the core plate as well as on the cavity plate.