Dunnage

We Make Plastic Parts for Dunnage Applications

Plastics Unlimited is an industry-leading plastic products manufacturer for dunnage applications. Our focus includes the freight movers we serve as well as the end-users in the process: customers expecting delivery of undamaged goods. To achieve this focus, we produce parts that match the reputations and meet the needs of our dunnage clients, allowing them to serve their customers and deliver intact goods.

What We Do and Make for Freight Movers

What Is Dunnage?

Dunnage is what we call the durable material used to protect goods during shipping. For the most part, only industry insiders refer to it as dunnage.

Dunnage Protection Categories

The protection dunnage products provide comes primarily in these categories: damage protection, moisture protection, and shock absorption.

What We Do for Dunnage

Plastics Unlimited provides freight movers and manufacturers with custom thermoforming, composites, and urethane molding to produce a vast array of plastic dunnage parts, such as:

Dunnage Parts

• Plastic bracing
• Fillers
• Separators 
• Trays
• Custom material handling trays for OTR transporting of things like
  • Bolts
  • Belts
  • Filters 
  • Bumpers
  • Doors
  • Engine blocks
  • EV batteries
  • Fenders
  • Hydraulic cylinders
  • Hydraulic motors
  • Pistons
  • Windshields
  • Production parts

Reasons to Choose Us As Your Dunnage Parts Manufacturer

Overall Benefits of Working with Us

• Some Generous options include:
  • High fire ratings
  • Rich color palette
  • Aesthetic appeal
  • Durability
  • Tactility
    • Smooth or textured materials
  • Maximum functionality Superior Ultraviolet (UV) stability 
• Durability, earth-friendliness, and lower cost than SMC or RTM tooling with our patented TEC (Tooless Engineered Composite)® process
• Lighter and stronger parts, rapid parts production, and fast turnaround with thermoforming with optional 3D printed tooling 
• In-house design team for custom-designed and custom-engineered products
  • Pattern and mold design
  • Quick and inexpensive prototyping
• 130,000 square feet of manufacturing space
• Well-trained staff of over 1300 professionals
• Custom or OEM components
• Continuous improvement, innovation, upgrades, and quality assurance
• Production runs from a few hundred to thousands
• Custom assembly

Benefits Specific to Our Dunnage Clients

• Helping shippers ensure the contents of your packages–whether small, medium, large, or jumbo–avoid transport damage
• Protection for areas such as sports equipment, agricultural components, construction products, automotive, and OEM parts
• Safeguarding your manufactured products en route, whether they ship from airfreight, over-the-road, by rail, or by ocean 

Gone is the frustration of shipping delicate parts and sensitive equipment with high expectations only to have them arrive damaged and useless.

We provide a long list of potential dunnage applications, from candy trays, medical products, electronics, and glass racks to just about anything ordered online.

Our Commitment to Delivering on Your Specs

Insiders know how intense the demand for delivering undamaged goods can be. We take this seriously. When freight movers deliver their specs to us, they expect unlimited quality, value, and service. On this, we don’t just say, “Maybe.” We say, “Can do.”

So, if you’re looking for a reliable plastic dunnage manufacturing partner, one who will respond to your needs with “can do” rather than “maybe,” look no further than Plastics Unlimited.