Stretch wrap for North Carolina
Because so many North Carolina pallets come straight from plants, the film choice follows the product more than the warehouse. Poultry boxes need cling on wet cartons; pharmaceutical cartons need clear film and outside labels; chemical drums want blown film and firm base wraps carried onto the pallet deck. Write each up by its spec line and the quote will separate them.
Who wraps pallets in North Carolina
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Food manufacturing61,441
- Warehousing and storage54,551
- Chemical manufacturing47,758
- Meat and poultry processing35,715
- Plastics product manufacturing27,700
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing26,998
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing13,690
Most concentrated: pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing, 2.4 times its national share of employment.
Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro hold most of North Carolina's warehouses. Poultry boxes, cartons of medicines and drums of chemicals call for very different films, which is why each one should be written up by its spec line.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 100 gaugeDrums and pails
- Cold-rated machine filmBoxed and frozen meat
- 30 in machine filmTall, light loads
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
Write one spec line per load type and post it by the wrapper. Sites that run poultry, medicines and drums through a single dock lose more film to the wrong roll than to any setting.
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, chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) (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, pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 85 (Wikipedia) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 40 (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 North Carolina
Charlotte distribution, Raleigh-Durham pharmaceutical plants and poultry processors in the east of the state all buy film for very different loads. One request can carry all three, line by line, with the dock ZIP and monthly use for each. Furniture makers in the Piedmont, around High Point and Hickory, also wrap upholstered pieces and flat-packed parts, where opaque or blown film protects fabric and finishes from scuffs.
Put the North Carolina 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