Stretch Film for Unitizing and Stabilizing Palletized Loads
Military Packaging supplies stretch wrap that unitizes and stabilizes palletized loads for storage and transit. Stretched around a stacked load, the film holds boxes, bags, and cartons together as one stable unit that ships and stores without shifting. We supply hand and machine grades in the gauges and styles your operation requires. Order stretch wrap on its own or built into a complete packaging system we design around your load.
Stretch wrap is a thin, stretchable plastic film wound around a palletized load to hold it together. As it stretches, the film wants to return to its original size, and that recoil applies a steady containment force that unitizes the load and keeps it from shifting.
Unlike shrink film, stretch wrap works cold, with no heat. You simply stretch it around the load by hand or machine, and its natural cling bonds the layers together without adhesive.
We supply stretch wrap in the grades and gauges your operation requires, from light hand rolls to heavy machine film. When you need to stabilize a load for shipment, this is the film.
Every roll of stretch wrap we supply holds your load stable and ready to move:
We supply stretch wrap in the grades and options your load calls for:
Stretch wrap comes in two constructions. Cast film is made by cooling the melt on a chill roll, which gives it clarity, a quiet unwind, and a lower cost, making it a strong everyday choice. Blown film is made by extruding and cooling with air, which gives it higher strength, cling, and tear resistance for demanding loads.
The choice comes down to the load. For clean, stable loads at high volume, cast film does the job economically, and for heavy, sharp, or unstable loads, blown film holds harder. Tell us your load and we will recommend the film.
Stretch wrap unitizes the loads across an operation:
Stretch wrap unitizes the loads these sectors ship and store every day:
A few factors point you to the right stretch wrap. Weigh these, or send us the load and we will recommend one:
Stretch wrap is the final step over a palletized load. Once your boxes or bins are stacked and any edge protectors are in place, the film wraps the whole unit, binding it to the pallet so it moves and stores as one. Everything else on the pallet builds up before the wrap goes on.
Sourced as one system, the film is matched to the load it secures and the pallet under it, so a stacked shipment stays unitized and stable from the dock to the destination.
The holding force comes from the stretch. As the film is pulled around the load, it elongates and stores tension, and that stored tension pulls the load inward, binding the boxes and the pallet into one unit that resists shifting.
The film’s cling keeps the layers bonded, so the wrap stays tight without adhesive or heat. Applied with the right tension and overlap, stretch wrap holds a stacked load stable through the vibration and handling of a shipment.
We supply stretch wrap for both hand and machine application. Hand rolls suit lower volumes and loads wrapped at the pallet, giving your team a simple, portable way to unitize a load. Machine rolls run on a stretch wrapper for high-throughput operations that palletize continuously.
We match the grade and gauge to your equipment and your load, so the wrap applies cleanly and holds the load without waste. Tell us how you wrap and we will supply the right film.
Matching film to a load is what we do. Our team helps buyers and operations managers choose the grade, gauge, and construction, and dial in the film to the load and the equipment.
Send us your load, its weight and stability, and how you wrap, and we will recommend the right stretch wrap and quote it, so your palletized loads ship stable from the first unit.
Every operation wraps its loads a little differently, and we build to yours. When your requirement names a grade, gauge, or film type, we match it exactly. When the choice is open, we recommend the film that fits the load and the equipment.
That flexibility means your packaging fits the operation and holds the load in practice, with no gap between the two.
Stretch wrap does its best work as the unitizing layer of a full system. We supply the pallet, the boxes or bins on it, the edge protectors that guard the corners, and the strapping that secures the load, then the film that binds it all together. Sourced together, the whole unit load moves and stores as one.
Stretch wrap unitizes and stabilizes a load, and it provides dust and light protection, but it is not a sealed moisture barrier. For sealed moisture protection, we add barrier bags and desiccants inside the load, and the stretch wrap secures the whole unit around them.
We help you use each material for what it does, so the load is both protected inside and stable outside. Either way, you get a unit load that ships and stores as one.
Tell us your load, its weight and stability, how you wrap, and any specialty needs, and we will recommend the right grade, gauge, and film.
We supply stretch wrap on its own or as part of a complete packaging system, with availability and turnaround confirmed in your quote.
We match stretch wrap to your load and your equipment, and we know how to build it into a complete unit load with the pallet, boxes, and strapping around it.
That combination keeps your loads unitized, stable, and moving through handling, shipping, and storage.
Stretch wrap is a stretchable plastic film wound around a palletized load. As it stretches and tries to recoil, it applies a steady containment force that unitizes the load and keeps it from shifting in handling and transit. It works cold, with no heat.
Stretch wrap is stretched cold around a pallet load to unitize it, while shrink film is heated to shrink tight around a product or bundle. Stretch wrap stabilizes stacked loads, and shrink film conforms to the shape it covers. We supply both.
Cast film is clear, quiet to unwind, and economical for stable loads. Blown film is stronger with higher cling and tear resistance for heavy or sharp loads. We match the construction to your load.
Hand wrap suits lower volumes and loads wrapped at the pallet, while machine wrap runs on a stretch wrapper for high-throughput operations. We match the grade and gauge to your equipment and volume.
It unitizes and stabilizes a load and provides dust and light protection, but it is not a sealed moisture barrier. For sealed moisture protection, we add barrier bags and desiccants inside the load and wrap the unit around them.
Heavier and less stable loads need a heavier gauge to hold them, while lighter, stable loads use a thinner film. Tell us your load weight and stability, and we will recommend the gauge that holds it without waste.
Tell us your load, its weight, and how you wrap it, and we will recommend the right stretch wrap and gauge, then get you a quote.
