Stretch wrap for Houston
Petrochemical plants along the ship channel bag polymer resin into sacks that slump and settle, and fill steel and plastic drums with sharp chimes. Both are hard on film: sacks need base wraps that stop the bottom tier creeping, drums need blown film that resists puncture. Gulf heat and humidity are hard on stored rolls and on pallets staged in the open; UV-inhibited film helps for loads that wait outside the warehouse.
Who wraps pallets in Houston
Private jobs, BLS QCEW 2025.
- Chemical manufacturing42,669
- Warehousing and storage (counties BLS discloses)33,785
Most concentrated: chemical manufacturing, 2.2 times its national share of employment.
Houston's pallets are chemical, wrapped in Harris County along the Ship Channel and out in Fort Bend and Montgomery. Drums, sacks of resin and pails want heavy blown film.
Films these loads usually take
Start here, then tell us the load.
- 100 gaugeDrums and pails
- 20 in x 5,000 ft machine filmFor DC wrappers
- 18 in x 1,500 ft hand rollHand wrapping anywhere
Chemical drums are heavy and round. Base wraps down onto the deck, a band round the top rims and heavier blown film hold them; thin cast film does not. Petrochemical bags on pallets slide easily; a few turns of rope wrap at the base can stop a layer shifting. Humid summer nights also mean film stored near open bays picks up moisture; keep cartons sealed until needed.
Around Houston
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)
- Port Houston, "Port Houston celebrates best year yet" (January 2026) (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 10 (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 Houston
Houston requests come from chemical and plastics plants along the ship channel, from warehouses near Bayport and Barbours Cut, and from distribution centres on the north and west sides. Plants should say which loads are drums, sacks or boxed product. Hurricane season: store rolls high. Plastic resin also leaves through the port in bags and boxes on pallets.
Put the Houston 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