These are just some of the products that we regularly do for our existing customers. If you have a unique requirement, we would be happy to sit down with you and custom design the right packaging for your needs.

Box – Usually custom designed for different sizes and dimensions and used for general purpose packaging of equipment and materials to protect from damage during transport. The boxes come in different styles, namely:

A close box made mostly of plywood and supported with wooden cleats. This is for general purpose packaging especially for shipments that will go overseas.

All wood for heavy loads. This box is made of lumber on all sides for a more sturdy protection of your equipment or material. Cost a bit more than cleated plywood box.

Crate – commonly referred to as open crate, it has a solid base like all other types of box but the sides are lumber membranes instead of close wall. Normally used for products or materials that is not overly sensitive to surface damage or scratches.

Skids and Pallets – also used for transporting equipments and materials. Depending on the weight, it could be a cleated plywood bottom or solid wood or lumber. We can design it to have either 2-way or 4-way access by a forklift.

Fiber Board or Cardboard Box. Depending on the equipment or material to be packed, we use single-, double-, triple-wall corrugated boards.

The equipments or materials are secured on the above by banding with steel strap, bolting on to the base, or blocking with foam or wood braces.

Special Packaging

American Export has expertise to address special packaging requirement, military, and international regulatory standards.

Shock Sensitive and Fragile Items

• Cushion Platform - a 1.9 to 2.2-lb. foam with plywood on top is bolted to the base of the box or skid. The equipment is then placed on top of the foam thus protecting it from damage cause by vibration.
  
• Bubble Wrap and Foam Peanuts – to protect small fragile items from being damaged during shipping and handling.
  

Environmental or Weather Protection

• Paper Liner, Poly Wrap, Stretch Wrap – for minor protection from dust and moisture.
  
• Sealed Barrier Bag and Desiccants (Method II Vacuum Pack) – for extreme protection from moisture and other harmful elements from the environment. Specially needed for equipments that will be shipped via ocean liners.
  
• Anti-Corrosion and Anti-Static – for equipments that need special protection from corrosion and/or ill effects of static electricity on sensitive circuitry.
  

Military Projects (MIL-Spec Packaging)


American Export is a "Procedure A" contractor. The highest level of certification given to outside contractors who would like to provide services to the United States military and the government. It means American Export’s facilities, processes, methods, and procedures adhere to the government’s and the military’s highest standards.

• MIL-B-26195 – this is cleated plywood box with solid base for equipments that are no more than 10,000 lbs.
  
• MIL-C-104 – load bearing box for heavy equipments that weigh more than 10,000 lbs.
  
• MIL-C-52950 – open crate box with solid base and lumber membranes on the sides and/top of box.
  
• MIL-P-15011 – pallet with 4-way access by forklift.