People love to ask them, “Why build boats in the desert?” It’s a fair question — until you’ve spent time in the Four Corners.

Jack’s Plastic Welding started in 1982 with a simple belief: build gear that lasts. They put down roots in Aztec NM in 1990, in the heart of the Four Corners, where high desert meets canyon rivers and snowmelt runoff. It’s a place where people work with their hands during the week and chase water on the weekends, the same rhythm that shapes how they build.

Today, they operate out of two buildings on Main Street, bringing together design, welding, sewing, repair, and shipping, along with a storefront where you can see the gear in the windows. Jack’s Plastic Welding builds inflatable boats, dry bags, and welded inflatable products for paddle sports, and heavy-duty self-inflating waterproof camping pads called Paco Pads, as well as specialized industrial work that demands the same durability.

For more than four decades, their gear has been tested by sun, wind, and moving water, and passed down season after season. They have learned that Mother Nature is the toughest inspector. If it holds up here, it holds up anywhere.

So, they build for hard use, long life, and no excuses.

The desert doesn’t tolerate weak materials.
Neither do they.