PakTech

What PakTech does

PakTech, legally Oregon Precision Industries, Inc., is a Eugene, Oregon-based B2B manufacturer founded by Jim Borg in 1991 (with roots in a mold-making facility he established in 1982) that designs and produces 100% recycled and recyclable high-density polyethylene (HDPE) multipack handles for the beverage, food, and consumer goods industries. Its core technology is precision injection molding of post-consumer recycled HDPE — primarily sourced from milk jugs — into a catalog of multipack handles (TwinPak, 3Pak, QuadPak, 6Pak, 8Pak, KLIP, UniPak, and multiple can carriers) that are applied to cans and bottles at customer packaging lines. PakTech complements the consumable handle line with a PakTech Applicator Division (located at 1680 Irving Road, Eugene) that designs, builds, installs, and services automated applicator machines ranging from hand tools to continuous-motion systems rated up to 225 bottles per minute, including the CCA 120/180, MicroPak, UPA100, and UPA225 models.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model: consumable rHDPE handles are sold via volume-based unit pricing on multi-year contracts, while applicator equipment generates hardware sales plus installation, training, and aftermarket service and spare-parts revenue, supplemented by an applicator financing program. Go-to-market combines direct B2B sales (phone, email, online quote requests) with an authorized distributor network and a new regional channel partnership with Monterrey-based Canit for Mexico and LATAM expansion. The company holds SCS Global certification for 100% recycled content (granted May 14, 2020), publishes Life Cycle Assessment data using PIQET 4.0, and operates a closed-loop recycling program that reabsorbs used handles into new products. Manufacturing is split across Eugene and Cottage Grove, Oregon, with a newly established regional footprint in Guadalajara, Mexico. PakTech is a family-owned and operated private company with no disclosed institutional, PE, or VC ownership.

Name

PakTech

Legal name

Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.

Website

https://paktech-opi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

PakTech is a family-owned Eugene, Oregon B2B manufacturer founded in 1991 that produces 100% recycled HDPE multipack handles and automated applicator machines for beverage, food, and consumer goods customers. It supplies consumable handles and capital equipment via direct sales, distributors, and a new LATAM channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Industrial Packaging

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Injection-Molded Plastics Manufacturing (IMANAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Returnable/Reusable Plastic Packaging (RPCs, Crates, Totes) Manufacturing (IMANAEAM)

Keywords

• Recycled packaging handles
• Multipack handle systems
• Automated handle applicators
• Sustainable secondary packaging
• RHDPE packaging products

Headquarters

HQ city

Eugene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recycled HDPE Handles: PakTech manufactures and sells injection-molded recycled HDPE multipack handles for beverages, food, and consumer goods. Pricing is competitive and depends on handle size and order volume, with higher volumes receiving lower per-unit pricing. Direct B2B sales model.
2. Automated Applicator Equipment: PakTech designs, builds, and sells automated handle applicator machines. Applicators are customized end-of-line packaging machines available at various speed configurations. Includes installation, commissioning, and ongoing service support. Spare parts and training programs provided.
3. Applicator Financing: PakTech offers financing options for applicator equipment purchases to support customer adoption.
4. Recycling Program Services: PakTech operates its own recycling program to ensure handles are collected and recycled properly. The company accepts used handles for recycling into new products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PakTech designs and manufactures injection-molded multipack handles made from 100% recycled high-density polyethylene (rHDPE) sourced from post-consumer milk jugs and similar containers, serving beverage, food, and consumer goods industries. The company also designs, builds, and services automated handle applicator machines that apply these handles inline at customer production lines, ranging from manual tools to high-speed continuous-motion equipment processing up to 225 bottles per minute.

Product overview

PakTech is a designer and manufacturer of sustainable secondary packaging solutions, specializing in injection-molded handles made from 100% recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) sourced from post-consumer recycled containers. The product portfolio centers on multipack handles (including TwinPak, 3Pak, QuadPak, 6Pak, 8Pak, KLIP, can carriers, and UniPak bottle handles) that enable consumers to grab, carry, and release multiple canned or bottled products. These handles are paired with automated applicator machines (including CCA 120/180, MicroPak, UPA100, and UPA225 models) that apply handles on production lines. The company offers a recycling program to ensure handles are collected and repurposed into new products. PakTech operates as a B2B supplier to food, beverage, and consumer goods industries, with manufacturing facilities in Eugene and Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TwinPak Handle Multi-pack handle manufactured from 100% recycled HDPE plastic designed to hold two containers together; intended for beverage, food, and consumer goods manufacturers needing secondary packaging for cans and bottles.
• 3Pak Handle Multi-pack handle fabricated from 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable HDPE for grouping three containers; sold to beverage, food, and consumer goods producers.
• QuadPak Handle Four-container multipack handle made from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE, designed for beverage packaging applications.
• 6Pak Handle Six-container pack handle fabricated from 100% recycled HDPE, used for beverage, food, and household product secondary packaging.
• 8Pak Handle Eight-container multipack handle made from 100% recycled and recyclable HDPE plastic for high-count secondary packaging applications.
• KLIP Handle Compact handle for smaller multi-pack configurations, produced from 100% recycled HDPE.
• 195 Slim Can Carrier Can carrier designed for slim can formats, manufactured from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE material for beverage producers.
• 202 Standard Can Carrier Standard six-pack can carrier made from 100% recycled HDPE, used by beverage manufacturers and benchmarked against paperboard alternatives in life cycle assessments.
• 227 Sleek Can Carrier Sleek-profile can carrier for standard can dimensions, fabricated from 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE.
• 285 Crowler Can Carrier Can carrier designed for crowler containers, made from 100% recycled HDPE plastic for craft beverage applications.
• UniPak Handle Bottle handle for large container formats, enabling consumers to grab, carry, and pour gallon containers; manufactured from 100% recycled HDPE with paired automated applicator options.
• CCA 120/180 Can Carrier Applicator High-speed automated handle applicator that processes up to 120 six-pack and 180 QuadPak cans per minute for beverage packaging lines.
• MicroPak Can Carrier Applicator Automated applicator system for can carriers engineered for high-speed packaging operations in beverage industry applications.
• UPA100 Applicator Automated UniPak handle applicator designed and manufactured by PakTech for 24/7 manufacturing efficiency on bottle-filling lines.
• UPA225 Applicator High-speed continuous-motion UniPak handle applicator designed by PakTech, capable of applying handles at up to 225 bottles per minute.
• PakTech Recycling Program Closed-loop recycling service that collects used PakTech handles and repurposes the material into new handles, composite lumber, flower pots, pipes, park benches, and other recycled plastic products.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2-5 times lower CO2 impact vs paperboard alternatives
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CanitcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 9 February 2026PakTech is working through a partnership with Monterrey-based Canit for Mexico LATAM expansion. Canit serves as the local partner for PakTech's entry into the Mexican market, leveraging the country's large beer industry, export profile, and USMCA positioning. PakTech has opened offices in Guadalajara and plans to inaugurate a logistics warehouse between March and April 2026, with potential for local manufacturing as operational volumes grow.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hi-Cone (Plastixx): Hi-Cone (now under Plastixx / Iterum Holdings) is the leading global supplier of plastic ring and handle multipack carriers for beverage cans and bottles. Most directly comparable to PakTech's can-carrier and 6Pak handle products, serving the same CPG and beverage customers with secondary packaging for multipacks.
• Plasgad: Israeli manufacturer of plastic handles, clips, and carriers for beverage and food multipacks. Competes head-to-head with PakTech in reusable plastic handle systems for bottles and cans, with overlapping customer base in CPG and beverage sectors.

Broad incumbents

• Graphic Packaging: Large global paperboard packaging manufacturer with a beverage multipack carrier portfolio (KeelClip, EnviroClip, Paperboard Can Carriers) that competes against PakTech's rHDPE handles as the principal fiber-based alternative in the same multipack secondary-packaging slot.
• Smurfit Kappa: Global paper-based packaging giant with TopClip and beverage carrier products that directly compete with PakTech's plastic handles for CPG secondary packaging contracts across Europe and the Americas.
• Sonoco Products Company: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with consumer-goods packaging and protective solutions divisions that overlap with PakTech's multipack handle and applicator offerings, particularly in CPG and food/beverage end-markets.
• Amcor (Berry Global combined): Post-Berry Global merger, Amcor is a global plastic packaging powerhouse offering rigid containers, flexibles, and specialty packaging. Competes indirectly via broader CPG packaging programs where PakTech's handles are bundled or substituted.
• Sealed Air: Protective and food packaging major with automated packaging systems expertise (Cryovac, SEE Automation). Relevant comparable on the applicator/machinery side of PakTech's business and as a broad CPG packaging incumbent.
• WestRock: Major paper and packaging producer (now merged with Smurfit Kappa) with fiber-based beverage multipack carrier offerings. Direct competitor to PakTech's plastic handles wherever CPGs are debating fiber vs. rHDPE for multipacks.
• CCL Industries: World's largest label manufacturer with significant healthcare, consumer, and specialty packaging exposure. Adjacent competitor for CPG secondary-packaging spend, especially where multipack decoration and functional sleeves overlap with handle applicator lines.

Emerging players

• EnviroPAK: Specialty sustainable packaging company producing compostable and biobased alternatives to plastic secondary packaging. Emerging alternative to PakTech's rHDPE handles for brands evaluating non-plastic carriers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PakTech
• Facebookfacebook.com/PakTech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/paktech

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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