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The building materials industry faces unique pressures. Heavy, high value products demand engineered packaging that prevents damage — yet many companies struggle with a fragmented vendor base, inconsistent specs and rising pallet spend.
Too often, businesses pay for over engineered pallets that inflate costs, or settle for under engineered pallets that fail in transit. Both paths are expensive in the end.
Sustainability adds more complexity. Companies are expected to cut landfill waste while ensuring durability, which makes pallet repair and recycling essential.
Millwood addresses these challenges through strategic sourcing. By consolidating vendors, standardizing specifications and engineering the right fit pallets and crates, we help building materials manufacturers lower spend, reduce risk and scale efficiently across multiple locations.
Are Your Pallets Costing You More Than They Should?
Many manufacturers overspend on pallets — either buying more pallet than they need or too little protection that drives damage claims. Millwood engineers right fit solutions that eliminate both risks.
Protecting Heavy Products in Transit
Bulky, fragile items like tubs and siding can’t risk pallet failure. Millwood engineers custom stringer pallets and crates, tested in our Packaging Science Lab, to ensure safe delivery and reduced product damage.
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Bundled Solutions Across Facilities
From crates with strapping to pallets for receiving and movement, Millwood provides integrated packaging solutions across entire plant networks. Customers simplify procurement, reduce costs and gain consistency at scale.
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Scaling With a Leading Building Materials Manufacturer
A national manufacturer needed consistent pallet performance across multiple plants. Millwood consolidated vendors, engineered right fit pallets and implemented recycling programs. The result was lower costs, reduced downtime and measurable sustainability improvements at scale.
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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 national building materials manufacturer was losing money and wasting resources due to incorrect pallet specs, high disposal costs and thousands of pallets sent to landfill each month. Their sustainability goals demanded a smarter, more responsible solution.
By correcting the pallet design and opening a dedicated repair-and-return facility within 10 miles of their warehouse, we reduced waste, cut costs and supported their environmental commitments — proving sustainability and savings can go hand in hand.
Recycled pallets are sometimes used in building materials supply chains, but heavy and fragile products often require new or engineered pallets for safety. Choosing the right option prevents costly damage and protects customer relationships.
While recycled pallets can reduce costs, most building materials manufacturers avoid them because of the higher risk of pallet failure under heavy loads. Millwood evaluates each application and can recommend when recycled or combo pallets may fit safely without increasing product damage or claims.
Hardwood pallets are typically stronger and better suited for heavy building products, while softwood may work for lighter or less dense items. The right material depends on weight, product type and shipping environment.
Many manufacturers default to hardwood for strength, but this can lead to overspending if the application doesn’t require it. Millwood tests each application in our Packaging Science Lab to ensure you’re not paying for more than you need, while still protecting products in transit.
Pallet design directly impacts product safety, handling efficiency and cost in building materials. Poorly designed pallets risk damage, downtime and claims, while over engineered pallets inflate spend unnecessarily.
Millwood engineers application specific pallets tested under ISTA certified conditions, ensuring each solution matches product weight, fragility and shipping environment. This prevents under or over engineering, saving money while protecting products during distribution.
Strategic sourcing consolidates vendors, standardizes specifications and streamlines supply chains. For building materials, this means fewer disruptions, lower procurement costs and consistent packaging quality across multiple facilities.
Millwood helps manufacturers eliminate redundant vendor relationships, introduce standardized pallet and crate specs and implement recycling programs. This combination lowers spend, reduces damage risks and creates scalable solutions that support long term efficiency and ESG performance.
Yes. Millwood engineers bundled packaging solutions — including crates, pallets and strapping — to safely protect fragile or oversized building materials in transit. These combinations reduce damage and improve handling efficiency.
By integrating multiple packaging elements, Millwood simplifies procurement and ensures products arrive intact. Whether it’s tubs, siding or structural brick, our engineered solutions are tested for durability and can be scaled across facilities to reduce both risk and cost.
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.