Outer packaging solutions: Boxes, crates, and containers for industrial use
Protect your industrial products with Nefab's wide range of custom outer packaging solutions that optimize logistics and advance your sustainability goals.
Choosing the right outer packaging
How to optimize outer packaging
Choosing the right outer packaging solution has a direct impact on supply chain performance. The correct packaging protects products, simplifies handling, and optimizes transport at every stage before reaching the end customer.
To optimize outer packaging, Nefab engineers evaluate the characteristics of your product, transportation conditions, and sustainability principles. We analyze the mode of transport and identify external factors such as handling, stacking, and environmental exposure that impact your product’s safety. Based on this, our engineers select appropriate materials and design the outer packaging solution to ensure it provides robust protection, is sustainable, cost-effective, and customized to your product and logistics requirements.
Featured solutions
NEW: EdgePak Collar
Lightweight, fiber-based alternative to wooden pallet collars
Benefits of Nefab's outer packaging solutions
- Custom designs: Engineered to fit your product’s dimensions, weight, and logistics requirements for maximum protection and efficiency.
- Sustainability: Select recyclable, reusable, and circular packaging options to minimize environmental impact.
- Multi-material capabilities: Access a full range of outer packaging options—fiber, wood, plywood, plastic, and metal—through our advanced engineering and manufacturing.
- Cost-efficient logistics: Solutions designed to lower total supply chain costs through efficient handling, stacking, transport, and storage.
- Global support: Benefit from Nefab’s worldwide presence and specialist guidance from design to delivery, ensuring your packaging meets all performance and regulatory needs.
Outer packaging solutions for special requirements
Returnable packaging
Returnable packaging is designed to be used for multiple transportation cycles. Returnable packaging solutions can be developed in different materials depending on customer requirements.
Expendable packaging
Expendable packaging is a one-way solution optimized for the customer's supply chain with a focus on product protection and easy reuse or recycling at the final destination.
Dangerous goods packaging
Products that are categorized as dangerous goods need to be protected according to the dangerous goods classification.
Export packaging
Export packaging protects goods during complex international transport. It must endure varying climates, multiple handling stages, and comply with global shipping standards.
Cleanroom packaging
Nefab offers engineered packaging solutions tailored to customer requirements, meeting ISO 5 and ISO 7 cleanroom standards. Our solutions are dedicated for returnable and expendable flows.
Long-term packaging
A long-term packaging solution is designed to protect customers’ products during transportation, storage and handling – for a lifetime.
Nefab's outer packaging solutions by packaging material
Corrugated outer boxes
Fiber-based outer packaging solutions
Nefab's custom corrugated outer packaging solutions offer lightweight, cost-efficient, and sustainable protection for small to medium-sized products. Ideal for one-way shipments and airfreight, these recyclable solutions reduce shipping costs, fuel consumption, and landfill waste. Engineered to customer needs, they feature single, double, or triple walls and optional reinforced corners for added strength and moisture resistance—combining sustainability with strength and efficiency.
Corrugated Solutions
Corrugated cardboard solutions customized for every need.
NEW: EdgePak Collar
Lightweight, fiber-based alternative to wooden pallet collars
Plywood boxes
Plywood outer packaging solutions
Nefab’s plywood packaging is engineered to protect valuable, heavy, or fragile goods during air, road, or rail transport. Lightweight plywood combined with steel profiles provides high stacking strength and climate resilience, ensuring cargo safety. The nail-less, collapsible design allows for safer, quieter, and faster assembly while reducing cubic volume and weight. Together, these features lower logistics costs, improve worker safety, and cut CO2 emissions.
Wooden crates
Wooden outer packaging solutions
Nefab's wooden solutions are engineered to protect large and heavy products in harsh, rugged environments. They are fully customizable and can be made in compliance with ISPM 15 regulations for use in export shipments. Options like CratePak and LogPak feature nail-free, stackable, and collapsible designs for easy assembly, safe handling, and space-efficient storage.
Easy Open Line Crates - Made in Switzerland
A range of innovative crates designed for quick, tool-free unpacking.
Plastic containers and handling units
Plastic outer packaging solutions
Nefab's plastic outer packaging solutions are durable, reusable, customizable, and designed with circularity in mind. They feature collapsible, stackable designs for space efficiency, smooth surfaces for cleanliness, and use up to 100% recycled materials. Benefits include cost savings on transport and storage, reduced environmental impact through reusability and recycling, and improved logistics with ergonomic designs that protect sensitive products.
Containers, totes, and bins
Reusable plastic shipping and storage containers, totes, and bins
Advanced solutions for special packaging applications
Every industry has unique packaging challenges—whether it’s protecting sensitive electronics, ensuring cleanroom compliance, or safely transporting hazardous materials. Nefab delivers specialized outer packaging solutions engineered for the demands of your sector, combining material expertise, regulatory compliance, and proven performance. Looking for a solution tailored to your industry? Contact our experts for a consultation.
Standard packaging for EV batteries
Safe packaging for EV batteries for recycling and 2nd life
Outer packaging as part of a complete packaging solution
Nefab delivers complete packaging solutions, typically consisting of outer and inner packaging components. Each solution is tailored to reduce total costs and minimize environmental impact while addressing your product's specific needs. Explore our full portfolio of packaging solutions and how we can meet a vast range of packaging requirements.
Complete packaging solutions
