Replace Wood Crates With Durable, Eco-Friendly Solutions

Shipping, packing and warehousing your products or manufactured components isn’t always as easy as placing them in a cardboard box or stacking them on wood pallets. To prepare for harsh storage and shipping conditions while safeguarding odd-shaped, narrow or oversized items, you need custom crates and transport supplies. Corrugated containers and crates from PackageIt are built tough to protect from product loss and priced to optimize shipping budgets. PackageIt’s custom crates are also eco-friendly, low-waste designs that help you exceed sustainability goals.

Benefits of Seattle ECCORCRATE Solutions

PackageIt clients love ECCORCRATE® since it offers the sturdiness of wood without the potential for contamination or the need for pesticide treatment. In independent laboratory tests, ECCORCRATE met or exceeded the strength and durability of wood while performing well in drop tests. When freight is abused, the cross-laminated ECORRBOARD® material absorbs the shock and defends your equipment or products where wood is likely to shatter. (Check out the drop test here!)

No matter your shipment’s size or fragility, PackageIt account reps design crating that’s built perfectly to fit. Corrugated ECCORCRATES guarantee product protection while weighing up to 50 percent less than wood containers. Other proven benefits of ECCORCRATE’s patented crating system includes:

• Durability & stacking strength. The rigors of shipping, warehousing and piling can break down traditional boxes and crates, but ECCORCRATE is built with cross-laminated corrugate material to withstand the worst conditions customers throw at it. Old, brittle or poorly made wooden crates are prone to structural failure. ECCORCRATE is strong under pressure from every direction, and the cross-laminated ECORRBOARD material springs back against impact. PackageIt customers love these environmentally friendly shipping and storage options that help them avoid cost drains associated with returned products, inflated shipping costs and negative customer experiences. 
• Water & moisture resistance. Here in Seattle, precipitation and humidity are always primary concerns for shippers. With ECORRCRATE, they are never a problem. Between the water-repellent coating and the impenetrable ECORRBOARD core, your goods are twice as safe from condensation and other forms of moisture.
• Equipment protection. Wood crates are abrasive and tough on warehouse and trucking equipment. Eco-friendly corrugated crates are naturally cushioned and less likely to damage interior truck walls and loading equipment. ECCORCRATE’s resilient, softer design also protects shipped and warehoused products from transit damage without requiring excessive packing materials. PackageIt partners transport all sorts of things in ECCORCRATE custom crates—from aerospace assemblies and construction supplies to sensitive medical meters and testing devices.
• Environmental responsibility. ECCORCRATE is a perfect shipping material when you’re working on sustainability goals. Made with patented, corrugated material comprised of recycled content, these durable Seattle crates are easily recycled and custom-made to the size you need. Now, materials waste is a thing of the past. ECCOCRATE is also 100-percent ISPM certified for exporting, and the heat-treated lumber base performs well in export situations. 

Ask your PackageIt sales rep about estimates for ECCORCRATE and other eco-friendly containers and crating solutions. Since cross-laminated corrugate is less price-volatile than wood and other shipping materials, crate costs are generally consistent and budget-friendly.

Other Recyclable Custom-Crating Solutions

When you need three-sided or edge protection for doors, windows, garage doors, desks, countertops and other odd-shaped shipments, Seattle packaging specialists recommend UCHANNEL® and UCRATE® shipping protection and crating. 

WHAT IS UCHANNEL?

UCHANNEL is a single-piece cardboard construction formed into custom combinations of symmetrical or asymmetrical designs. This unique packaging material wraps easily around table and desk legs, door edges and window frames to add strength, edge protection and recyclability to your shipment. Small-but-durable pieces guard your products from transit or storage damage without adding unnecessary bulk, weight and shipping costs.

Because of UCHANNEL’s adaptable design, the protective material works with a nearly endless variety of door and window sizes or desk and table leg lengths.

WHAT IS UCRATE?

UCRATE® pre-formed shipping crates are a customer favorite and a durable option for shipping and warehousing long, narrow products and components. Metal rods, fragile instruments, window blinds, solar panel rails, tube lighting and other tapered or cylindrical parts are protected from abrasion, drops and transport damage with these laminated paperboard channels. UCRATE fits together snugly and seamlessly without marring product finishes.

PackageIt’s UCRATE and UCHANNEL advantages are clear: 

• Light & export friendly. Wood is heavy, brittle and prone to breakage and insect infestation. UCRATE and UCHANNEL products are lighter than wood and easy to transport without splinters or bug stamping export problems.
• Shock & damage prevention. UCRATE and UCHANNEL materials are impact resistant and designed to protect products from scuffs and scrapes. UCRATE offers substantial beam strength, and both product lines are highly customizable to varying shipment sizes and shapes.
• Brandability. Ask a PackageIt sales specialist about custom printing options for UCHANNEL and UCRATE materials. From black and white printing to full-color logos, branding, instructions or safety guidelines, our team helps you customize eco-friendly packaging materials to meet stringent specifications.

Order Eco-Friendly Custom Crating Today

Our family-owned company is an essential services provider for manufacturers, industrial enterprises and B2B/B2C companies across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. When shipping budgets are limited or damaged products drive up costs, PackageIt customizes packaging and storage materials to satisfy budget and quality control requirements. Our half-century-old company is an integral part of our customers’ supply chains, whether they package and ship retail products, industrial parts, sensitive medical equipment or automotive or aerospace assemblies. If you can make it, we can package it. We’ve seen it all. 

PackageIt is a Seattle mainstay with reliable supply lines and impeccable service. To request an estimate, discuss corrugated crating and shipment protection or inquire about PPE for Seattle return-to-work initiatives, call 888.743.0907 now. You can also learn more about our COVID-19 facility update or order online for delivery and contactless pickup. We are a USA-proud business offering personalized solutions for every packaging and shipping need!