About Us - Learn More About Kwik Lok- Bag Closure Company

Core Purpose

To create a world where people feel they matter, knowing their contributions will change the future and help all beings thrive.

Vision

To lead the way in innovating reliable, sustainable packaging, and new product solutions that improve the lives of our employees, customers, and communities.

Mission

To create an inclusive culture that fosters innovation to increase the success of our customers and health of the planet.

We are more than just bag closures

Family owned and locally inspired. Kwik Lok is the originator of the first bag closure. Created from a need, small closure has grown into an international company that now closes billions of bags every year. Founded in Yakima, Washington, our beginnings are humble and our mission is simple - make sure the food people eat is being kept fresh and safe.

In the 66 years we've been in business, however, we have branched out from our humble bag closure beginnings and we are now pleased to offer bag closures, bag closing equipment, labels, and printing solutions for just about all bagged packages.

Our Journey

Kwik Lok was founded by Floyd Paxton. He was an engineer who saw that packaging technologies, post-World War II, were changing. At that time, his company was supplying wooden, produce-box nailing and labeling machines to the Washington State apple industry.

When apple distributors moved from boxes to bagging, they didn’t like the wire and tape closures in use at the time and asked Floyd for help. That was when he invented the Kwik Lok closure.

In 1954, he formed Kwik Lok Corporation. In that first year, its unique closure system quickly became the preferred method for keeping bags of Washington State apples safe and fresh.

Today we have six factories, we employ over 330 people and our product has been used by billions of people throughout the world. In 2015, a new generation of the Paxton family stepped into our 64-year-old business. We are now owned by sisters Stephanie Paxton Jackson, Kimberly Paxton-Hagner and Melissa Steiner.

Kwik Lok at a Glance

A Fresh Start

The sisters, along with our board and management team, recognize that global food safety and sustainability go hand-in-hand with our family-forward approach to caring for our employees and customers. The company is using this transition as an opportunity to make a fresh start that builds on our history of commitment to doing right by our customers, employees, families and communities

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