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Whether you’re moving a single piece of equipment or an entire production line, our trusted team of engineers can support every step of your move, from rigging to end-to-end relocation support across the globe.
Protect high-value equipment during transit and storage, with a custom-made wooden crate that’s fully tailored to your requirements.
When you’re shipping sensitive, high-value, business-critical equipment, you need peace of mind that it’s fully protected against environmental and physical damage.
Our custom wooden crates are designed to provide OEMs and end users with the optimal protection for their equipment. We design and build the entire crate to suit your equipment’s unique requirements, from the materials to the internal fixings.
The team I worked with at our end have been in the business thirty years and they felt the crating IES built was the most comprehensive they’ve ever seen."
President
SOLUT!
What we do
Our custom wooden crates are fully tailored to your equipment’s weight, fragility, transit and storage requirements. As part of our service, we provide:
Consultative crate design process, including CAD
Internal fixings
Base design and manufacture
MPAS-certified crates, if required (manufactured to MIL standards and in compliance with relevant Defence Standards for safe handling, storage and transportation)
Sides, ends and lids manufacture
Delivery or collection across Southwest England and South Wales
We can also the crate structure according to your needs.
Enclosed crates: These crates fully enclose equipment inside with solid panels on all sides, and can be outfitted with internal padding, shock absorbers and other protective features.
Ideal for equipment that needs high levels of protection against dust, moisture and other environmental hazards.
Skeletal crates: Made exclusively from full timber, skeletal crates provide structural integrity without fully enclosing equipment.
Ideal for larger, more durable equipment that needs high levels of ventilation during transit.
Import and export customs declarations, paying import duty and VAT, producing a certificate of origin and raising an ATA carnet for temporary exports outside of the UK
Temperature-controlled storage at our facility
The items we export are fragile and require special consideration. All of our consignments arrive at their destination without damage.”
Production Manager
Hayles and Howe
Download our Crate Manufacturing and Export Packing brochure
Learn more about how we can crate and ship your high-value equipment.
Benefit from reusable crate options with features like clip fasteners, wheels and ramps — ideal for recurring use at exhibitions, maintenance sites or labs
Our crate designers are accredited to military-grade and semiconductor standards.
Deep industry knowledge
Our strong partnerships with numerous OEMs mean we’re familiar with the intricacies of protecting delicate capital equipment.
Select from predefined specifications
We survey your equipment and create a set of predefined crate specifications that you can quickly re-order whenever you need.
Flexible designs
We accommodate each unique requirement - whether you need vibration protection, transit brackets, reinforced bases, lockdown of equipment or something else.
DfT-regulated agent
We are a DfT-regulated agent and fully qualified to handle and transport secure cargo, if required.
Excellent service
A flexible and collaborative team that appreciates plans can change and always finds solutions to client problems.
Trusted by Rolls-Royce, AB Dynamics, GE, Intel and Others
We’ve been designing and building custom crates for OEMs and end users transporting complex, high-value capital equipment since 1991.
We have extensive experience working with some of the most prestigious high-technology semiconductor, microelectronic and automotive manufacturers across the UK and beyond.
How we created 133 bespoke ply-batten crates in 16 different sizes to ship fragile, high-value equipment for rehearsal studio provider, Pirate Studios.
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