Stretch wrap for the Lehigh Valley
Warehouses in Breinigsville, Bethlehem and Allentown send loads across the north-east, often to stores and fulfilment sites hours away. That makes the top of the pallet the place to watch: long trips loosen film there first. Winters in the valley are cold, and film stored in trailers stiffens. For mixed store orders, a blown hand roll copes with uneven tops better than cast.
Who wraps pallets in the Lehigh Valley
Private jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage (counties BLS discloses)19,122
- Chemical manufacturing (counties BLS discloses)3,920
- Beverage manufacturing2,486
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing1,258
Most concentrated: warehousing and storage, 4 times its national share of employment.
The Lehigh Valley's warehouses are in Lehigh and Northampton counties, along I-78 and Route 22. They serve the north-east, so machine film by the pallet and hand film for store orders are the usual requests.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 100 gaugeDrums and pails
- 90 gaugeHeavy drink pallets
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Valley DCs ship to stores across the north-east on tight windows. Standardise one machine roll across the building so no shift waits on a different film. Keep a written note of the carriage settings next to each wrapper so a new operator starts from the right place.
Around the Lehigh Valley
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, chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) (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)
- US Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (reviewed 2026-11-12)
- US Census Bureau, 2023 metropolitan area delineation files (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 the Lehigh Valley
Distribution centres in Upper Macungie, Breinigsville, Bethlehem and Easton make up most requests here, many of them serving online retail. They should give wrapper counts and say whether a site handles seasonal peaks, so the quote can follow use through the year. Food and chemical plants nearby buy smaller quantities for their own lines.
Put the the Lehigh Valley 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