Stretch wrap for Iowa
Most Iowa meat plants run machine wrappers in cold rooms, so cold-rated film and a carriage set for low temperature are the basics. Heavy boxed product needs firm base wraps carried onto the pallet. Where frozen loads are trucked south or east to warmer docks, vented film lets the condensation out instead of soaking the cartons. Dry warehouses in Des Moines and the Quad Cities wrap ordinary distribution loads.
Who wraps pallets in Iowa
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Food manufacturing60,161
- Meat and poultry processing33,386
- Warehousing and storage19,824
- Plastics product manufacturing8,910
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing4,137
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing4,094
- Dairy product manufacturing3,922
- Refrigerated warehousing1,814
- Motor vehicle manufacturing346
Most concentrated: meat and poultry processing, 6.1 times its national share of employment.
Des Moines, the Quad Cities and Waterloo hold Iowa's warehouses, and meat plants are spread across the state. Boxed meat and frozen cartons need cold-rated film and, going out to warmer docks, vented film.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- Cold-rated machine filmBoxed and frozen meat
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 30 in machine filmTall, light loads
- VCI and anti-static filmBare metal and electronics
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
Boxed meat leaves cold and sweats on a warm dock. Wrap it as cold as possible and use vented film where pallets will sit before loading.
Nearby states
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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, meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, dairy product manufacturing (NAICS 3115) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 80 (Wikipedia) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 35 (Wikipedia) (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 Iowa
Meat plants in Storm Lake, Waterloo, Denison and other towns run wrappers all week in cold rooms, while Des Moines and Quad Cities warehouses wrap dry freight. Put each plant's ZIP and cold-room temperature in the request. Egg producers ship fragile flats needing gentle wraps. Seed companies ship bagged seed corn and soybeans each spring.
Put the Iowa 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