Stretch wrap for Columbus
Distribution centres in Groveport and Lockbourne serve much of the eastern US within a day's drive, so outbound loads are many and mixed, and machine film by the pallet is the everyday purchase there. Dairy and beverage plants nearby ship heavy cases of liquid that shift if the base wraps are weak; firm base turns matter more than gauge. Central Ohio winters mean cold docks for several months; keep rolls in heated storage until they go on the carriage.
Who wraps pallets in Columbus
Private jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage (counties BLS discloses)34,200
- Dairy product manufacturing (counties BLS discloses)3,229
- Beverage manufacturing (counties BLS discloses)3,154
Most concentrated: dairy product manufacturing, 2.7 times its national share of employment.
Columbus warehouses sit in Franklin, Madison and Licking counties. Dairy and beverage plants add cases of liquid, and the DCs run machine film by the pallet.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- Tinted filmCoding dated cases
- 90 gaugeHeavy drink pallets
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Rickenbacker's air cargo and the I-70 trucking lanes mean loads are cross-docked quickly. Clear film lets receivers check the load without cutting it. Air freight also cares about weight, so a thinner pre-stretched film can trim a little from every shipment.
Around Columbus
The state page, and the other metros in it.
Sources
- BLS QCEW 2025 annual averages, warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, dairy product manufacturing (NAICS 3115) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- BLS QCEW 2025, beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, 2023 metropolitan area delineation files (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- Interstate 70 (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 Columbus
Requests here come mostly from distribution centres in Groveport, Obetz, Lockbourne and West Jefferson, and from food and beverage plants across Franklin and Licking counties. Distribution centres should give the number of wrappers and any hand stations; plants should say whether wrapping happens in a cold room. One request can carry several sites. Fashion retail DCs ship light cartons. Car and parts plants north-west of the city add parts loads. Rickenbacker's cargo airport adds freight.
Put the Columbus 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