Built by packaging people,
for packaging people
We built PolarQuote because we lived the problem. Our team comes from inside the flexible packaging industry — we've run estimating departments, managed national accounts, and watched deals walk out the door because a quote took three days instead of three minutes.
PolarQuote isn't a generic quoting tool with a packaging skin on it. It was built from scratch by people who know the difference between PET/Foil/LLDPE and BOPP/mPE, who understand why a coffee pouch and a snack bag need different structures, and who've spent years watching good converters lose deals to slower competitors simply because the quote took too long.
The journey
Grew up in packaging
Early years
Pactech Packaging
Sales & Estimating
ProAmpac acquisition
2018
National accounts (Kroger, MegaMex)
Key accounts
Built PolarQuote
2025
By the numbers
0+
years
In flexible packaging
$0M+
In accounts managed
0+
Quotes priced manually (before PolarQuote)
CJ Buchta
Founder & CEO
CJ grew up in flexible packaging — literally. His family has been in the industry for decades, and he cut his teeth at Pactech Packaging, where he learned the business from the ground up: estimating, sales, and everything in between.
When ProAmpac acquired Pactech in 2018, CJ stepped into managing national accounts including Kroger and MegaMex Foods. He saw firsthand how slow quoting killed deals and how much institutional knowledge walked out the door every time an experienced estimator retired. Spreadsheets couldn't scale, and the industry was leaving money on the table.
He built PolarQuote to fix that — to give every sales rep the pricing accuracy of a 30-year veteran and the speed that today's market demands. Quote in 60 seconds. Win more deals. That's not a tagline — it's the problem he lived and the product he built to solve it.
Our roadmap is clear: start with AI-assisted quoting that makes your existing team faster, then evolve into dedicated AI pricing agents that handle routine quotes autonomously while your estimators focus on complex custom work and the relationships that win deals. When your best estimator retires, their knowledge doesn't walk out the door — it's in the system.
Why now?
AI has finally reached the point where it can understand the difference between a coffee pouch and a snack bag. Material prices change weekly. Customers expect instant responses. The spreadsheet era is over.
Our values
Industry-First
We build exclusively for flexible packaging converters. Every feature, every workflow, every data model is designed around how your estimating and sales teams actually work.
Speed Wins Deals
The first quote in wins the deal 50% of the time. We relentlessly eliminate friction so your team sends quotes in minutes, not days.
Transparency
No hidden fees, no black-box pricing. Our AI shows its work — every structure selection, every cost calculation, every margin recommendation — so you always understand how a quote was built.
Data Over Gut Feel
Price on data, not gut feel. We measure success by the accuracy of our AI’s margin recommendations and the deals our customers win.