Charlotte region, NC and SC I-85 I-77 I-40
I-85
Truck and auto parts plants in Gaston and Cleveland counties receive freight in gaylords and run out of floor for the empties. Parts travel in expendable triple wall; the empties are still containers, and the next plant down I-85 may need that footprint.
Automotive packaging for ocean containers is generally one-way because returning it costs too much (source). Packaging Corporation of America offers expendable triple-wall corrugated for overseas automotive shipments in place of returnable plastic containers or metal racks (source). The longer the logistics leg, the less practical returnable packaging becomes, and spare parts shipped to service centers usually go one-way in expendable packaging (source). A truck or parts plant that imports components ends up with the boxes those components came in.
Gastonia's manufacturers include Wix Filtration, Freightliner Trucks, Stabilus, Curtiss-Wright and Radici Group (source). Mount Holly has a truck plant that was annexed into the city in 1990. Cherryville has powdered metal and polyurethane makers, and Fort Mill lists automotive components and truck manufacturing among its businesses. These names are the area's industry, not customers or suppliers of ours.
| Part type | Box | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Small fasteners and fittings | Full flap bottom, 3‑wall | Pieces slip through gaps |
| Castings and powdered metal | Short 48 x 40 x 24, 4‑wall or 5‑wall | Dense load, low height |
| Plastic components | Partial flap with slip sheet | Light and bulky |
| Spare parts to service | Triple wall, expendable | One-way, long leg |
The empties are single trip, usually dry, and often triple wall in 48 x 40. They are the same boxes that resin plants, parts shippers and warehouses ask for. A receiving lead who walks the stack once can describe it in the request. The grading guide names the grades, and the sell page lists what to send.
A truck plant also ships parts out. If you need boxes for outbound parts, ask by footprint and wall count. The wall count page and the weight capacity guide help pick one.
If your program is returnable, a plastic gaylord is the better tool. See the plastic page. We say plainly when the right answer is not corrugated.
Mount Holly and Gastonia have their own pages with the roads and the ZIPs. Send your ZIP in the request and we place the stack on the map.
The plan for this site names these places as running automotive and truck parts. Each links to its own page, with ZIPs and neighbors.
One-way corrugated packaging that is not returned to the shipper. In automotive supply chains it is why gaylords keep arriving at plant docks.
Yes. Describe the count, footprint, wall count and condition in the sell request.
A full flap bottom, so small pieces cannot find a gap.
Count, footprint and wall count are enough to start.
No prices, minimums or times are stated here.