Stretch wrap for California
A buyer here often needs three films at once. Cartons coming off containers from Asia are usually rewrapped after cross-docking, so a cast machine roll does most of the volume; drink pallets want a heavier gauge and firm top turns; and anything frozen that crosses a warm Central Valley dock in summer sweats unless it is vented. Ask for all three on one request rather than settling for one compromise film.
Who wraps pallets in California
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage236,923
- Food manufacturing166,660
- Beverage manufacturing63,604
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing42,575
- Motor vehicle manufacturing27,690
- Fruit and vegetable preserving27,518
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing11,444
Most concentrated: beverage manufacturing, 1.7 times its national share of employment.
Most of California's warehousing sits inland, in San Bernardino and Riverside counties behind the San Pedro Bay ports, with more up I-5 in the Central Valley. Those docks wrap import cartons, drink cases, frozen food and e-commerce orders, often on the same day, so machine film by the pallet and blown hand film for the mixed loads cover most of it.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- 90 gaugeHeavy drink pallets
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
- 120 gaugeLoads with edges
- Netting and vented filmFresh produce
Inland summers bake trailers parked in the sun, so keep spare rolls indoors until the shift that uses them; warm film stretches easily but can stick to itself on the roll and tear at the first pull.
Metro pages in California
Pages for the busiest distribution areas.
Sources
- BLS QCEW 2025 annual averages, warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, fruit and vegetable preserving (NAICS 3114) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Port of Los Angeles, November 2025 cargo release (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Container News, "Port of Long Beach moves nearly 9.9 million TEUs in 2025" (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 5 (Wikipedia) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, all private industries (reviewed 2026-11-12)
Facts on this page last reviewed 2026-11-12.
Ask for a stretch film quote in California
Requests from California usually list several docks: a cross-dock in Ontario or Fontana, a food plant in the Central Valley, perhaps a store-delivery warehouse near the coast. Give each ZIP its own line, because a pallet of rolls bound for Stockton and one for Santa Fe Springs are separate deliveries.
Put the California delivery ZIP first: the quote is made out for that dock.
- Step 1 asks what you need, how much a month, the delivery ZIP and how to reach you
- Step 2 asks the film, the width and the gauge; skip what you don't know