Packaging & Crating Solutions
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Custom packaging and crating services built for protection, performance, and reliability. Designed to protect your products, support efficient handling, and meet real-world shipping demands.
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Packaging is at the core of our name, and it’s one of the services we actively perform every day.
Ternes Packaging provides hands-on packaging and crating services, building custom solutions that protect parts, components, and equipment throughout storage, handling, and transit. From simple packaging builds to complex custom crates, our focus is on practical, durable solutions that work in real-world operations.
With warehouse facilities strategically located throughout the Midwest, we’re positioned to support regional supply chains and provide responsive service across Michigan and surrounding states.
Common Challenges We Help Solve
Our packaging and crating services are built around real-world issues manufacturers face every day, including:
- Product damage caused by inadequate packaging
- Inconsistent packaging quality between shipments
- Internal teams stretched thin without time or labor to package products
- Packaging methods that slow down production or shipping
- Overbuilt packaging that adds unnecessary material and freight cost
- Underbuilt packaging that risks product integrity
- Irregularly shaped or oversized parts that require custom-built solutions
- The need for reliable, repeatable packaging processes
- One-off projects that still require professional-grade packaging
These are the kinds of situations where hands-on packaging support makes a measurable difference.
Our Packaging & Crating Capabilities
Ternes Packaging performs packaging and crating services at our Ternes locations, supporting both one-time projects and ongoing production needs.
Capabilities include:
- Export and domestic crating
- Pallet and skid builds
- Blocking, bracing, and internal stabilization
- Protective dunnage solutions
- Heavy-duty packaging for industrial components
- Packaging for oversized, heavy, or awkward products
- Small-batch and repeat packaging programs
- Packaging support for stored inventory
- Packaging integrated with warehousing and distribution services
- Hands-on build support for special projects and unique requirements
Who These Services Are For
Our packaging and crating services are commonly used by:
- Manufacturers
- Tier suppliers
- Industrial equipment suppliers
- Distributors
- Operations and logistics managers
- Shipping and receiving teams
- Companies handling heavy, high-value, or irregular products
- Organizations that need packaging support without adding internal labor
We currently support automotive and industrial manufacturing environments and work best with teams that value consistency, responsiveness, and dependable execution.
FAQs
We package everything from small electronic components to large automotive parts. Our engineers design packaging for different weights, shapes, and fragility levels based on what each industry needs.
Our testing protocols include drop tests, compression analysis, vibration testing, and climate simulation. We also test with major shipping companies to make sure packaging works in the real world.
We perform cost analysis on existing packaging to identify opportunities for material optimization, design improvements, and automation integration. Most clients cut costs by 15-30% after we redesign their packaging.
We use recyclable materials, design smaller packages to cut waste, and build solutions that help the environment while protecting your products.
Most projects take 4-6 weeks from idea to finished packaging. We can work faster when you need it.
Companies we service
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Talk to our experts
If packaging challenges are causing delays, damage, or inefficiencies in your operation, we’d be happy to help you find a better solution.
Let’s start with a conversation about your products and your requirements.
