Stretch wrap for Nebraska
Beef is heavy and dense, and a pallet of boxed product puts most of its weight low; the film has to hold the bottom tier to the deck. Carry the first wraps down onto the pallet and add two or three base turns. Most Nebraska meat ships long distances east and west on I-80, which is a case for checking containment force on loads at the end of the run, not just leaving the plant.
Who wraps pallets in Nebraska
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Food manufacturing41,939
- Meat and poultry processing31,833
- Warehousing and storage8,246
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing3,822
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing2,616
Most concentrated: meat and poultry processing, 8.9 times its national share of employment.
Omaha and Lincoln hold Nebraska's warehouses. Heavy boxed beef and frozen cartons are the typical load, and they need firm base wraps and cold-rated 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
- VCI and anti-static filmBare metal and electronics
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Long hauls across the plains mean hours of vibration. Test a wrapped pallet after a real trip, and add containment at the top if the top tier shifts.
Nearby states
The closest states with a page of their own.
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, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 80 (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 Nebraska
Beef plants in Lexington, Grand Island and the Omaha area wrap heavy loads all day; warehouses in Sarpy and Douglas counties wrap dry freight. Give each dock's ZIP and say which loads are boxed beef. Rural plants may be hours from a distributor's depot, so keep a fortnight of film in hand; a missed delivery on a Friday shouldn't stop Monday's kill line from wrapping. Union Pacific's Bailey Yard at North Platte handles much of the rail freight crossing the state.
Put the Nebraska 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