Stretch wrap for Memphis
Memphis distribution runs on volume and speed. Warehouses beside the airport and the Mississippi rail and barge yards wrap pallets around the clock, so the film question is mostly yield: how far a machine roll can be stretched before loads start to loosen. Check containment force before and after a change. Summer heat and humidity along the river are hard on rolls stored near dock doors, and cold January docks stiffen them, so keep stock indoors in both seasons.
Who wraps pallets in Memphis
Private jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage (counties BLS discloses)27,742
- Food manufacturing (counties BLS discloses)5,686
Most concentrated: warehousing and storage, 3.7 times its national share of employment.
Memphis is a distribution city, with warehouses in Shelby County and over the line in DeSoto County, Mississippi. Machine film by the pallet suits the DCs; hand film covers mixed outbound loads.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 80 gauge, cast or blownCases of food
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Overnight parcel and freight hubs wrap fast. A pre-stretched hand roll saves effort for people wrapping hundreds of pallets a shift, with less film per load. Machine wrappers on those hubs benefit from a fixed changeover routine, so a new roll goes on in under a minute.
Around Memphis
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, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) (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 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 Memphis
Distribution centres in south-east Memphis near the airport and across the state line in Olive Branch and Southaven are the usual buyers here. Requests should give the number of wrappers and the rolls each uses, plus any hand-wrap stations for mixed or parcel pallets. Many sites run around the clock, so say whether deliveries can come at night. Medical device distributors too. Barge and rail terminals on the Mississippi add bulk freight to the mix.
Put the Memphis 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