Custom shipping crate for the automotive industry

The Brief

A prestigious automotive component manufacturer approached us after they noticed their products were arriving damaged upon delivery. Due to their products arriving damaged the company was needing to send out replacement parts with no guarantee that the outcome would be different.

They wanted to:

Replace the traditional timber shipping crates that they were using to reduce shipping costs.
Use a bespoke shipping crate that protects their product when it is shipped via air freight or sea-freight.
Switch to a sustainable shipping crate that can be recycled after it was used.
Move to a shipping solution that means they don’t need to send out replacement products due to damage they received in transit.

The Solution

After discussing the clients’ needs, we created a shipping crate that was bespoke for their product. By taking the dimensions of the brake rotas, we were able to generate a design that protected each unit whilst still being 100% recyclable and lighter than their previous shipping method.

We achieved this by:
• Using our CNC machine to create custom inserts that secured the brake rotas on their journey.

• Placing the products in cardboard protectors allowed us to stack multiple units in one trip.

• Provided examples of our lightweight shipping crate and identified how this can work in tandem with the CNC inserts.

• Spoke with the company outlining the benefits of these and the cost savings due to the reduction in weight.

The Outcome

Once the design had be finalised with the customer, we were able to produce a shipping crate that allowed them to switch to a sustainable option that featured protective packaging for their products. Thanks to our design team, production team and CNC machine we were able to fulfil their order to their desired specifications and time frame.

We provided them with shipping crates that met their targets:
• Capable of protecting their products during its journey.

• Reduce the vibrations that the shipping crate and products would experience during transit.

• Reduce the weight of each shipment by switching from timber to our honeycomb cardboard.

• Provide a shipping crate and inserts that were 100% recyclable upon delivery.

• Have the shipping crate integrate with the assembly line to increase the productivity of the company’s distribution network.

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Custom shipping crate for the automotive industry

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