Shipping Heavy Parts: The Box Gets the Attention, the Dunnage Does the Work

Metal mechanical component nestled in foam padding inside an open cardboard box, with protective packing separators nearby.

When most people picture protective packaging, they picture the box. In automotive and industrial shipping, the box is the least of it. The real work of getting a heavy, precise, expensive part from a supplier to an assembly line intact is done by what is inside the box: the dunnage, the inserts, the cushioning, and […]