Returnable Steel Engine Rack

FCA also designs, builds and manages steel racks and returnable steel packaging. This particular engine skid is made from galvanized steel and has collapsible arms to reduce shipping costs. This low-weight design utilized FCA’s engineering and allowed our customer to add an extra engine to each load without exceeding trucking weight limits.

Multi-Use Product Skid

FCA is the industry leader in designing, manufacturing and managing heavy-duty custom engine skids for our customers. This particular product holds a 2,000 lbs. diesel engine and gets recycled 3-5 times.

Large Custom Crate

FCA’s custom packaging solutions include custom boxes of every size, strength, and application. Our ability to build custom size boxes in multiple SKU’s lends itself particularly well to parts distribution centers and networks. No size is too large or too small.

Large Heavy Duty Custom Skid

FCA specializes in building durable skids for heavy engines, generators, and other engine and power generation equipment. This particular skid holds a 20,000 lbs. engine and is supported by superior design, durable engineered wood, and FCA engineering.

Hybrid Returnable Skid

industrial applications including agriculture, construction, and mining. FCA’s patent pending hybrid wood and steel skid is a returnable product that lowers total packaging cost.

Hybrid Reusable Utility Box

FCA builds wood, steel, plastic and hybrid containers and custom packaging for defense, aerospace, military and government that meet military specifications.

Hybrid Reusable Box

FCA builds wood, steel, plastic and hybrid containers and customer packaging for defense, aerospace, military and government.

This product housed a high-value antenna for a military aircraft, suspending the product on shock absorbing mounts within the unit. FCA reduced this company’s packaging cost by 67% and the packaging tare weight by over 50%.

Heavy Duty Skid and Box Crate

FCA designed and built this returnable packaging for a specific Wind Energy application. This skid and outer crate hold a 35,000 lbs. gear box for one of our customer’s wind energy products. Constructed from engineered wood, this specific application is a returnable package that will withstand multiple trips.

Custom Product Skid

FCA specializes in custom skids for heavy industrial equipment. This skid is constructed from engineered wood and heat treated pine. This skid holds a 1,800 lbs. diesel engine.

Custom Pallet

Specialty fabrics, films and paper products often require custom packaging solutions for shipping. This custom skid holds this extremely heavy and high value film, keeping it secure during shipping.

Collapsible Box

FCA has several collapsible box applications that reduce freight costs, yet are durable enough to hold equipment weighing several thousand pounds. Reduce storage space, freight costs, and inventory with FCA’s various collapsible box options.

Custom Reusable Box

FCA has even built custom packaging solutions for photo reactive printing plates shipped to and stored at customer sites. This hybrid packaging solution keeps high value photo reactive printing plates safe and level, while allowing the customer to remove plates as required without exposing the product to excessive light or the need to destack the containers.

Custom Glass Box and Pallet

FCA builds wood, plastic, corrugated and hybrid custom packaging for the Energy Sector. FCA can custom design packaging for solar and alternative energy applications.

Custom Crate

FCA can build durable crates and boxes of any size, dimension, or weight to protect your valuable product. This particularly long crate holds heavy, long rolls of our customer’s paper product and protects it while shipping.

FCA’s Collapsible Pacakging saves significant money on inbound and outbound freight costs, as well as storage costs. Standard FCA dimensions allow for high cube utilization in shipping.

Our CUB offers numerous advantages over pallet collars and other collapsible packaging solutions:

  • Less expensive and more cost effective than pallet collars
  • Available in 2 standard sizes but can be customizable for any industrial equipment
  • Capable of protecting industrial equipment weighing between 500 to 2000 pounds
  • Stackable, saving space in storage and freight. In fact, 1,000 collapsed CUB’s can fit onto the bed of a truck.
  • Both expendable and re-usable
  • Saves time and can be assembled and taken apart in seconds

We provide a wide array of collapsible packaging solutions for industrial equipment ranging from engines to electrical and aerospace equipment.

Standard, Full Collapsible Box

FCA’s utility box is entirely collapsible and returnable. This collapsible box comes in two standard dimensions that are optimized to achieve the lowest cost and highest cube and freight utilizations possible and provides better protection, more cost savings, and can be assembled faster than pallet collars and other comparable offerings.

Standard, Collapsible Box

FCA’s utility box is entirely collapsible, saving significant costs on freight and storage. This box can be used to ship both loose parts and specific equipment. It can be customized for specific dimensions and weights of any industrial equipment.

Standard, Collapsible Box

FCA’s utility box is entirely collapsible and returnable. This collapsible box comes in two standard dimensions that are optimized to achieve the lowest cost and highest cube and freight utilizations possible and provides better protection, more cost savings, and can be assembled faster than pallet collars and other comparable offerings.

Collapsible Utility Boxes

FCA Packaging’s Collapsible Utility Boxes are available in various sizes, with or without lids, and available in various coatings. The “CUB” is not only more cost effective than pallet collars, but it can also be assembled and unassembled in a fraction of the time.

Collapsible Foundry Box

FCA’s collapsible technology is also available in heavy duty foundry-style boxes capable of shipping heavy and loose foundry items. Available in any dimension.

Coated Utility Box

FCA also offers a wide array of coatings on any of its collapsible boxes for weathering, returnability, marketing or even esthetics. The coated utility box is ideal for returnable or reusable packaging since the coatings enhance the lifespan of the product.

Published On: July 19, 20240 Comments on Packaging

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