Crates, cases and pallets built for each product you make, to your drawing number, heat treated for export and delivered across the UK.
Last reviewed 31 October 2026
Engineering firms are among our longest-standing customers. We make engineering packaging for hydraulic pumps and motors, valves and gearboxes, linear motion systems, castings and whole machines. Most of it is repeat work: a crate or case for each product model, built from a drawing, given its own product code and made in batches so it is there when your goods are ready to ship.
| Packaging | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Crates per product model | One kiln-dried, heat-treated crate for each pump, motor or valve size, built to the same spec every time |
| Long export packs | Rails, shafts and linear systems up to about 3.5 m, with tray and lid sets for the shorter lengths |
| Export cases in a size range | Valves and gearboxes, with options such as no bitumen paper where your spec asks for it |
| Castings crates | Small, dense crates for heavy castings, sized to the part |
| Machinery crates and bases | Bolt-down bases, skids and full crates for machines and plant |
| Jig, stillage and heavy-duty pallets | Work-in-progress pallets and 2400 x 1200 heavy-duty heat-treated pallets |
| Kit sets for vehicle builders | Pallet, collar and carton sets packed around seats, frames and assemblies |
| Stamped timber and dunnage | Heat-treated lengths and bearers for packing inside containers |
| How repeat work runs | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| One product code per size | Each crate, case or pallet has its own code, so reordering is a part number and a quantity |
| Your drawing and revision on the job | We build to the revision you give us and change it when you issue a new one |
| Set minimum runs and call-off | We build in economic batches and hold them for you to call off |
| Heat treated and stamped | Solid timber stamped FC0542 to ISPM 15, so the same pack works for UK and export |
Heavy bases and bolt-down fixing for machines and plant.
Crates for sea and air freight, stamped FC0542.
Plywood-clad crates for impact and weather.
Kitting, sub-assembly and packing to your work instruction.
The eight things that move a crate price.
Heat treatment and the FC0542 mark for wood packaging going abroad.
APS Packaging Ltd
Designs our shock pallet and crate specifications, from the isolator count to the bolt pattern, and wrote our guides on shock protection and ISPM 15.
Sales and Commercial Manager, APS Packaging Ltd
Looks after our customer accounts: repeat orders, delivery dates, commercial terms and changes to a spec as your needs change.
Yes. Most of our engineering customers have a crate or case per model, each with its own product code, built to the same spec every time.
Yes. Send the drawing and revision and we build to it. If you do not have one, we design the pack from the part’s size, weight and route.
Yes. Solid timber is heat treated and stamped FC0542 to ISPM 15, so the same crate works for UK and export shipments.
Yes. We build in batches and hold them, so you call off what you need for each week’s despatches.
Yes. Our own fleet covers the South West, and crates and cases go to the rest of the UK by carrier.
Tell us what you need, with sizes, weight and quantity if you have them, and we will come back with a design, a price and a date.
Prefer to talk? Call 01237 423772 or email sales@apspackaging.co.uk, Monday to Friday.
Send the part sizes, weights and volumes and we will design the packaging.
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