Most bread still came in a waxed paper wrapper when Alvin C. Formo started building his machine to automatically push bread into polyethylene bags.Formo saw the growing possibilities in poly-bagged bread. Against resistance from the baking industry and warnings that poly-bagged bread was a passing fad, he opened his business, Formost Packaging Machines Inc in Seattle's old Ballard neighborhood on St Patrick’s Day, 1964.

Aware of the growing market and sales potential for bagged bread, Formo began his development of an automatic poly-bagging machine in 1963. The prototype bagging machine was sold in 1964 to Continental Baking Co. in Spokane, Washington. The cost of the bagger without the conveyor was approximately $9,275 in 1965.

In the early 1960s, while traveling to Japan, Formo had an opportunity to observe the rapid advancement of packaging machinery design and Fuji Machinery Co.'s leading role in that development.

In 1973, a new 50,000 square foot facility was built in Woodinville, Washington, to house manufacturing and corporate offices. 

It was obvious to Formo that Fuji was 20 years ahead of the rest of the world in flexible packaging machine design and was dedicated to maintaining and increasing that lead. Thus were born the Fuji-Formost wrapping machines. This relationship has grown beyond a simple licensing agreement into a formal company partnership. In 2008, Formost Packaging Machines became Formost Fuji Corporation.

After 54 years of either sole or majority ownership by the Formo family, a pivotal change occurred in 2018 when the remaining shares of the company were sold to Fuji Machinery Co., resulting in Formost Fuji Corporation becoming a fully owned subsidiary.  The leadership transition was marked by the retirement announcement of Norm Formo, who had served as President and had steered the company through this extended stretch of good success while continuing strong company values. Those roots firmly laid the foundation of “take care of the customer and your employees,” which had been instilled by the Formo Family leadership from the beginning.

On January 1st, 2019, Dennis Gunnell, a long-standing employee and board member, was named President.  The company continued to be guided by the same strong board of directors. This board included Norm Formo, Chairman, Yuki Ikuta, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Dennis Gunnell, and Dan Semanskee.  Collectively, they remained committed to upholding the company's solid foundational values.  The strength and dedication of Fuji Machinery Co. to Formost Fuji's success were evident and grew even stronger following the changes in ownership and leadership.

Formost Fuji had 50 years of successful growth at the Woodinville location and decided to look for a larger, more suitable facility in 2022.  In January of 2023, Formost Fuji acquired 14 acres with a five-year-old building located in Everett, WA, intending to transform it into the company's new base of operations.

Formost Fuji's move to this new facility brings the company into a new age.  With its modern, open design, inviting atmosphere, and unmistakable mark of high quality, the building mirrors the exceptional capabilities of the parent company’s Fuji Base Nagoya.  As Formost Fuji ventures into the future, the company is strategically positioned and driven to grow and thrive.

Employees, machines, and operations have helped position Formost Fuji as a leading designer and innovator in the packaging machine industry worldwide while staying solidly grounded in the roots of its past.