disclosed herein is a process for the production of shaped polybenzimidazole articles which comprises forming a solvent solution of the polymer , depositing the solution on a support to form a film , removing sufficient solvent from the deposited film such that the film contains from about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of said solvent and compression molding the resulting product into a shaped article . thus , this invention provides a unique process for the forming of molded shaped articles from polybenzimidazole based polymers .