Protective Foam Packaging
ICA manufactures, designs, and integrates protective foam packaging across all manner of shipping containers meeting custom and industry specifications.
Walled skids, wood packing crates, and boxes are sized, shaped, and cushioned to protect your product during transport and storage. We work to drawings or build to product specifications. Our protective foam packaging designs are certified for Export Overseas, UN-HazMat, and Military Specs in accordance with ISPM15. Available in a broad range of designs and configurations, ICA’s foam integrated crates & boxes are currently used to package diverse products, from automotive door panels, industrial appliances, heavy industrial equipment, to military firearms. We’re experts at navigating shipping obstacles, company-wide or worldwide, and partner with customers to build solutions that work perfectly for their unique applications.
Specs
ICA offers a multitude of different container types; custom, open/closed, slat, collapsible/knock down, reusable/returnable, multi-material/hybrid, reusable Hardy-Built containers , highly engineered, low and high volume production.
Industrial Crating and Boxes Specifications:
PPP-B-601
Federal Specification for Lite Duty Panelboard Boxes, Wood, Cleated Plywood Crates superseded by ASTM-D-6251 but still commonly referenced.
PPP-B-621
Federal Specification for Boxes, Wood, Nailed & Lock-Corner
ASTM-D-6251
Standard Specification for Lite Duty Panelboard Boxes, Wood, Cleated Plywood Crates/Shipping Boxes
MIL-B-26195C
Military Specification – Boxes, Wood Cleated, Skidded, Load-Bearing Base. Medium Duty panelboard sheathed wood shipping containers. Primarily used for loads of less than 2500lbs. Superseded by ASTM-D-6256, but still commonly referenced.
ASTM-D-6256
Medium Duty panelboard sheathed wood shipping containers. Primarily used for loads of less than 2500lbs. Capacities are based on a combination of standard specifications and common industry practices.
ASTM-D-6039
Standard Specification for Wooden Shipping Crates, Wood, Open & Covered
MIL-B-2427
Military Specification for Boxes, Ammunition Packing: Wood, Nailed
MIL-C-104
Military Specification: Common rigid wood shipping containers/wood packing crates. Primarily used for loads of greater than 2500#/ 1100K and higher than 48″/1200 mm. Typically will not exceed 20/6000 mm in length and a width not to exceed that dictated by common transport methods. Capacities are based on a combination of standard specifications and common industry practices. Mil-C-104 was recently superseded by ASTM-D-7478, but is still commonly referenced.
ASTM-D-7478
Common rigid wood shipping containers/military wooden crates. Primarily used for loads of greater than 2500#/ 1100K and higher than 48″/1200 mm. Typically will not exceed 20/6000 mm in length and a width not to exceed that dictated by common transport methods. Capacities are based on a combination of standard specifications and common industry practices.
ICA also produces specific crate and box items for industry including:
Glass A-Frames and L-Bucks – Modular and traditional A-Frames, Assembled and knocked-down options, heavy-duty glass crates
Lift Vans – SDDC Type II Lift Vans, IATA Air Containers, Pre-Built Bulk Heads, Motorcycle Containers
Storage Vaults – 3Hi and 4HI household goods storage containers , 8’ & 10’ (single & double) sofa storage
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ICA is focused on solutions. Our expertise puts your packaging solution in the most knowledgeable hands.