Trends, costs, and practical takeaways from the loading dock, on pallet wrapping, packaging automation, stretch film, and the Houston distribution market. Written to help you ship tighter loads for less.
EPR laws and the EU's PPWR are reshaping how transport packaging is reported and priced. Using less film is the hedge.
Read →Resin prices rose and film prices followed. Holding the same load with less film is how operations blunt it.
Read →Q2 2026 kept growing. As new distribution space fills, end-of-line wrapping is where throughput gets won or lost.
Read →How the right machine and film spec cut plastic use per pallet without sacrificing load security.
Read →What's moving resin and film costs this year, and how Houston operations can insulate their spend.
Read →Why damaged-in-transit claims are climbing, and how consistent wrapping stops them at the source.
Read →The film waste, labor, and injury costs most operations never put a number on.
Read →Labor pressure and volume growth are pushing more Houston shippers from hand-wrap to machines.
Read →New square footage is filling fast, and end-of-line packaging is quietly becoming the bottleneck.
Read →Tell us about your loads and volume, we'll recommend the right machine and film, at the best price in the market.