Stretch wrap for Texas
The spread is wide enough that one roll rarely suits a whole Texas operation. Drums and sacks off the Gulf Coast plants cut thin cast film at the chimes and corners, so blown film at 90 or 100 gauge is the safer start. Beef and poultry boxes leave cold rooms wet, which tests cling. The DFW distribution centres, by contrast, mostly wrap square cartons where a lighter machine film stretched hard does the job and saves money.
Who wraps pallets in Texas
Private jobs statewide, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Warehousing and storage175,579
- Food manufacturing112,088
- Motor vehicle manufacturing28,069
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing23,517
- Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing15,366
Most concentrated: warehousing and storage, 1 times its national share of employment.
Texas warehousing leans to Dallas-Fort Worth, while Houston has the port and the chemical plants along the Ship Channel. The DFW docks run machine film by the pallet; Houston's drums, resin sacks and pails want heavy blown film.
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
- 120 gaugeLoads with edges
- VCI and anti-static filmBare metal and electronics
- Clear cast filmCartons that must scan
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Gulf humidity and heat both work on film. Store cases off the floor, away from roll-up doors, and on a turntable check containment again on the first hot afternoon, because settings tuned in winter can over-stretch.
Metro pages in Texas
Pages for the busiest distribution areas.
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, motor vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 3361) (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)
- Port Houston, "Port Houston celebrates best year yet" (January 2026) (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)
- USDA NASS, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, October 1, 2025 (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 Texas
Texas distances are long, and a plant near Beaumont and a warehouse outside El Paso are a day's drive apart. List every dock's ZIP. Chemical and meat buyers should say which loads are drums, sacks or boxed product, since each points to a different gauge.
Put the Texas 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