Unitize

Unitizing solutions help create secure pallets and protect products during transport and storage and are a core element of efficient and effective transit packaging. Choosing the right palletizing strategy can significantly impact overall profitability, sustainability, and distribution chain performance. Signode’s unitizing solutions offer strapping and stretch consumables and equipment and paper-based protective products that cater to a wide-range of applications to meet your unitizing needs.

Strapping Solutions

Strap products to unitize solutions by tightly bounding pallets during handling, storage, and transportation.

Providing plastic and steel strap to unitize products. Signode produces hand tools, general purpose equipment and application specific strapping machines so we can find the best solution for your unitizing requirements. Improve operational efficiency and bring the benefits of unitizing via strap to your supply chain.

Stability & Security – Limit shifting or separation of products so they arrive to their destination as intended.
Efficiency in Handling – Make it easier to move large quantities of goods as a single palletized unit.
Load Protection – Protect from possible damages which happen during storage and transportation rigors.

Protective Solutions

We provide solutions to be used in combination with strapping or wrapping within Signode automated solutions to assist to bring greater load stability, load security and minimize shifting of unitized loads.

A Diverse Portfolio

Edge Protection – Placed along the corners or edges of a load, preventing damage from external pressures and strengthens the overall structure.
Slip Sheets – Thin, durable sheets to replace pallets, making it easier to move unitized loads while providing a reducing shipping weight.
Tier Sheets – Placed between layers of stacked products to distribute weight evenly, limit crushing and improving load stability.
Top Frames – Positioned on top of unitized loads to reinforce stability and protect the top layer from damage during transport or stacking.

Optimize shipping efficiency by using Signode protective solutions for unitization. Edge protection, slip sheets, tier sheets and top frames are not an exhaustive list of our solutions explore the protective portfolio. Let our team help you create a custom solution for your specific requirements, make sure to get in touch with Signode.

Stretch Wrapping & Hooding Solutions

Tightly hold products in place while also protecting against dust, moisture, and minor impacts. Wrapping can assist with palletized loads, boxes, and irregularly shaped items, providing consistent handling and transportation.

Signode solutions secure multiple items together into a single, stable load. We provide stretch hooders suitable for heavier loads with irregular shapes to provide a complete coverage; Stretch wrapping equipment is designed for wide range loads, shapes and weights and can provide. In stretch wrapping film will be wrapped around the side and top of the load providing protection and stability to the outer layer of products.