Wisconsin-based Matrix Packaging Machinery (matrixpm.com) a product brand of ProMach, is in its 30th anniversary year. Willden brothers, Marcel and Marc, along with their father, Dee, started the packaging machinery company in the family’s garage in 1988.
“In the mid-1980s, packaging machines that formed and filled bags of coffee or frozen green beans, for example, were large, complex, expensive and difficult to operate and repair,” said Marc Willden, general manager of Matrix and a ProMach vice president. “My brother Marcel designed a line of standardized bag forming and filling machines that were more flexible, easier to operate, and cost less than the leading brands. Marcel utilized the latest off-the-shelf electronic controls and mechanical components instead of building key systems from scratch like other companies, which we believe slows innovation.”