We have a proud tradition of anticipating and responding to the challenge of our customer’s evolving demands and managing those demands with the right packaging equipment. We’ll work with you on the best and most appropriate equipment choice, and we have packaging equipment available to help fulfill any order, large or small.

Our decades of experience in selling packaging equipment in Utah is another reason to choose Utah Packaging. Finding the right packaging equipment doesn’t have to be complicated. Utah Packaging provides packaging equipment, installation, maintenance, and process improvement consulting so you can make the right choice when choosing packaging equipment for your next project.

As a boy and young man, John J. Palica was thrilled by the challenge of athletic competition.

Now, Palica stokes his competitive fires as president of Traco Manufacturing Inc., an Orem-based maker of shrink-wrap machines and supplier of shrink-wrap film.

Palica played high school basketball and baseball and continued his baseball career in college in California, where he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins. But an injury shattered his major-league dreams, leaving him with nothing but the hard-hitting persistence and dedication he had developed as an athlete.

Palica got a job selling shrink film and quickly realized he could serve the industry better than his employer. After being turned down by venture capital firms, he borrowed his father’s retirement savings to develop the SuperSealer, a reasonably priced shrink-wrap machine designed for small and medium-size businesses.

He also created a “razor/razor blade” opportunity for Traco by entering the shrink-wrap supply business. Clients who bought one of Traco’s SuperSealers continue their relationship with the company because it also supplies the wrap used in the machines.

There are now over 275K units in use today.