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Industrial Shipping Crates

DuraCrate: The Folds-Flat, Stacks-Straight, Reddi-Crate® and UCRATE® Alternative

Say ‘no more’ to crates that require excessive storage space. Fight back against leaning stacks. Bid farewell to inconsistent quality. Say goodbye to limited sizing.

When it comes to industrial shipping, our DuraCrate industrial crates are engineered to be your ideal shipping solution.

Our crates are made with six layers of extra-tough paper. This durable paperboard produces industrial crates that are lighter weight than wooden shipping crates, allowing you to save money on shipping and storage.

Despite the lighter weight and foldable storage, these industrial shipping crates can take a beating. They outperform corrugated cardboard shipping crates in protecting against puncture, weather and shipping damage.

Save money. Save space. Save damage.

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Tougher than cardboard.
Lighter than wood.

Companies in a wide range of industries count on the cost-savings, durability and highly flexible shipping sizes of DuraFibre folds-flat, stacks-straight industrial crates.

  • Vehicle and truck parts
  • Piping & tubing
  • RV parts
  • Specialty instruments
  • Window shades and blinds
  • Cylinders
  • Casings
  • Millwork
  • Components
  • Siding
  • Accessories

DuraCrate vs. Reddi-Crate and UCRATE

DuraCrate


Reddi-Crate

UCRATE

Cost-saving design
(Save up to 17%!)
Ships flat
Stacks straight
Fits oversize products easily
(Large heights, widths available.)
High-strength groove tests stronger at lighter weights/calipers
Protects better
(Paper sourced from mills – no odd lots or edge rolls.)
Assembles easily – Just one piece!
Unique closing options available, including RSC and FOL.
(No wood end plugs required!)
Stands out
(Add high-bright pre-printed branding!)
Coating options available
(Choose weather-resistance, rust-proofing, anti-slip!)
Don’t just take our word for it…
“It’s so versatile – and durable. We have crates racked close to five years ago. Corrugated could never last that long.” Parts Distributor
“We improved from 25% damage to more like 1%.” RV Manufacturer
“We really needed the space you saved us versus Reddi-Crate.” Piping Manufacturer

DuraCrate Paperboard Packaging Features

  • Constructed of rugged, laminated paperboard
  • Customizable multi-panel designs
  • Available with custom print
  • Available with special coatings, including weather- and corrosion-resistant options
  • Multiple end-closure options: end plugs made of wood or paperboard, or integrated flaps such as FOL or RSC styles
  • Can ship products up to 35 feet long
  • The patent-pending groove that provides the industry’s strongest 90-degree fold

DuraCrate Paperboard Packaging Benefits

Easy and safe to set-up, load and unload
Impact-resistant laminated paperboard construction protects against damage
Beam strength surpasses corrugated crates
Patent-pending design for higher, safer stacking
Crates arrive flat on pallets, optimizing storage space
Lower cost than wood or other paperboard alternatives
Available in sizes to ship products up to 35 feet (420 inches)
Exempt from import or export rules under ISPM-15

DuraCrate Patent-Pending Protection

How do we do it?

We start by gluing together multiple plies of top-quality, high-strength paper to create the thickest and strongest laminated paperboard packaging. By focusing on quality over price, we’re able to create high-quality industrial crates at a lower cost, resulting in less shipping damage.

Our patent-pending groove provides the most powerful 90-degree fold in paperboard. The result: The strongest, most square paperboard crates available.

Combining our high-quality substrates with our one-of-a-kind groove allows us to use less material than competitors. Less materials means both a lower crate cost and a lower shipping cost.

How much can I save on shipping with DuraCrate industrial shipping crates? Truck and tractor parts manufacturers save 20 percent or more when they ship with DuraCrates instead of wood shipping crates.

Custom Shipping Crates for Long Products

The advantages of our industrial shipping crates don’t stop with lower costs. With DuraCrate industrial shipping crates, you can ship abnormally long products – up to 35 feet long (420 inches). That’s because our industrial packaging manufacturing produces the best beam strength, allowing us to build wider, taller and longer crates than competitors.

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Less expensive than plywood shipping crates, better protection from punctures and adverse weather and storage conditions than corrugated crates, and stronger than other paperboard products, DuraCrate industrial crates provide the solutions to your shipping challenges.

Amount customers have saved with DuraCrates

$10,599,438

and counting!

Save money, space and damage.

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Reddi-Crate ® is a registered trademark of Signode Industrial Group LLC Corporation, Glenview, IL. UCRATE ® is a registered trademark of Great Northern Corporation, Appleton, Wisconsin. All rights reserved.