What PakTech Makes: PakTech manufactures injection-molded recycled plastic handles for the beverage and food industry. Its handles are distinguished by their minimalist design, which reduces material consumption and waste. PakTech’s handles are made entirely from recycled HDPE plastic (the kind used in milk jugs) and are themselves completely recyclable – even into new PakTech handles. Handles are custom-designed to multipack or bundle a variety of products.
What Else PakTech Makes: PakTech also designs and manufactures in-house applicators to apply its handles. Its clients integrate PakTech’s application machinery into their production lines as a secondary packaging solution. The company’s automated applicators can run 24 hours a day and seven days per week. PakTech Applicators are designed to meet and exceed a variety of packing line speeds from emerging brands to established CPGs.
Company History: PakTech began as a Eugene-based plastic injection mold maker in 1991. Two years later, PakTech founder Jim Borg was approached by a local dairy seeking market entry into a relatively new club store called Costco. The dairy was looking for a way to sell two milk gallons without packaging them in a cardboard box. Borg subsequently designed the first TwinPak carrier for the dairy industry. Since that time, PakTech has designed and produced handles for products of all types, including beer, juice, sauce, and even ibuprofen. Its long list of clients include OceanSpray, Pepsi, Campbell’s and many, many more.
Location and Employment: PakTech headquarters is located in Eugene where it manufactures all of its handles and application machinery. Its two facilities provide jobs for more than 250 people locally. PakTech also operates manufacturing and warehouse facilities in Australia and a distribution warehouse in the Netherlands to support its international reach.
Learn More: Learn more about PakTech’s history on its website here, and learn more about its products here and here.
PakTech’s handles are distinguished by their minimalist design, which reduces material consumption and waste.