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The glass and clay industry faces unique supply chain challenges. Flat glass, bottles, windshields, ceramics and clay products require packaging that prevents breakage and delivers consistently across multiple sites. Pallet failure or misalignment can result in catastrophic losses — far beyond the cost of the pallet itself.
This industry depends on engineered solutions like new block pallets, A-frames, top frames, slip sheets, strapping systems and custom crates. While glass packaging pallets follow standard industry specs, variation across vendors creates inefficiencies, contract complexity and inconsistent performance.
Strategic sourcing for glass and clay eliminates this fragmentation. By consolidating vendors, standardizing packaging specifications and leveraging the Millwood Packaging Science Lab for real-world testing, manufacturers gain efficiency, protect valuable products and achieve measurable savings. Our team also provides flexibility in terms and service, reducing the burden of juggling multiple suppliers.
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Many manufacturers juggle multiple vendors and overlapping specs. This creates inefficiencies, hidden costs and inconsistent protection. Millwood engineers right-fit pallets, frames and crates to reduce both risk and spend.
Use Case 1: Protecting Fragile Glass in Transit
Flat glass, windows, and windshields require specialized glass packaging. Millwood provides A-frame crates, block pallets and tested strapping systems to prevent breakage during storage and shipment.
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Use Case 2: Unifying Vendor Relationships
Managing multiple pallet and crate vendors usually creates unnecessary cost and contract complexity. Millwood consolidates these into a single, reliable program with uniform specs, easing procurement and improving efficiency.
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Use Case 3: Innovating With Frames and Slip Sheets
From clay products to specialty glass, Millwood introduces innovative solutions such as slip sheets, top frames and engineered crates. These prevent damage while reducing packaging redundancy.
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5 Proven Ways to Strengthen Your Supply Chain:
Eliminate redundant vendor costs
Engineer right-fit pallets for heavy products
Scale solutions across multiple plants
Prevent costly product damage
Improve ESG results with recycling programs
A leading glass manufacturer was losing efficiency across 16 facilities due to siloed data, inconsistent pallet returns and wasted space. Without real-time visibility, assets were misplaced, storage areas overflowed and unnecessary replacement costs mounted.
We developed and implemented PalletView — a unified tracking platform that connected every location under one real-time system. The result was clarity, reclaimed space and measurable savings across North America.
Glass shipments require stability and strength to protect fragile loads. New block pallets are often preferred for their durability and consistency, especially when paired with specialized designs for glass packaging.
Millwood engineers pallets and packaging combinations specifically for glass applications. This may include blocking, strapping or reinforced frames designed to limit movement and absorb impact. Every solution is tested and validated in our Packaging Science Lab to prevent breakage, reduce claims and ensure your fragile products arrive safely, no matter the distribution channel.
Yes. A-frames, slip sheets and top frames are commonly used in glass and clay supply chains to add extra stability during transit and storage. They are especially effective for stacked or irregularly shaped loads.
Millwood designs programs that integrate these protective components with pallets and crating, ensuring all packaging elements work together. This eliminates redundancy, lowers handling costs and improves safety during transport. By streamlining design and material selection, Millwood helps fragile glass and clay shipments move more efficiently while protecting every unit.
Managing multiple pallet and crate vendors often leads to duplicate costs, conflicting specifications and inconsistent service levels. For fragile products like glass and clay, these issues create unnecessary risk.
Millwood simplifies the process through vendor consolidation. By serving as a single-source packaging partner, we standardize specs, terms and testing across your supply chain. This reduces administrative complexity, improves accountability and ensures consistent protection for your fragile products at every facility.
Strategic sourcing takes the guesswork out of packaging fragile products. By testing, designing and validating solutions, it ensures shipments are consistent, compliant and secure throughout the supply chain.
Millwood applies packaging science to every program, from pallets to A-frames to protective blocking. This reduces costly breakage, strengthens load stability and aligns packaging programs with ESG goals. The result is a balanced solution that protects fragile glass and clay products while cutting total cost of ownership.
Yes. Sustainability is increasingly important for glass and clay manufacturers and packaging plays a central role. Recycling and reuse programs help protect fragile products while reducing waste.
Millwood offers pallet recycling, repair programs and circular packaging strategies tailored to fragile supply chains. These initiatives reduce landfill use, improve sustainability metrics and keep packaging costs under control. By combining protection and responsibility, we help manufacturers meet corporate ESG targets without sacrificing supply chain reliability.
ISTA-certified testing simulates real-world transit conditions, ensuring every pallet, crate and solution performs reliably.
From engineered pallets to specialized crates, Millwood designs packaging solutions tailored to your products’ durability and transport needs.
Repair-and-return programs, pallet recycling and circular solutions that cut costs while meeting ESG goals.
Discover how strategic sourcing with Millwood can simplify your supply chain and deliver measurable results.