The Role of Pallet Wrap in the Agriculture Industry

A roll of pallet stretch film might look like a roll of silage stretch film, but they have very different construction and very different uses.  Pallet stretch film, or pallet wrap is a multipurpose superstar playing an important supporting role in pallet packing in the agricultural industry. In addition, stretch film’s ability for free air circulation allows for it to be used to secure fresh produce.

Let’s explore more uses of pallet wrap and why this stretch film deserves an award in the agricultural industry.

Ensuring perishable products stay within a regulated safe temperature range is essential to food safety. Farmers want to keep their produce as fresh and full of nutrients as the day it was harvested, enabling longer shelf life. The faster produce gets cooled to its optimum temperature, the longer and fresher it stays. To do this, pallet vented stretch film, breathable netting and other food-safe pallet wrap options are used.

InnoVent is one such revolutionary product. It creates a controlled environment all through the packages on the pallets. This allows for the optimal rate of airflow between and around the produce to ensure proper cooling rates and respiration. This microclimate inside the agricultural pallet wrap ensures optimum freshness of perishables, whilst simultaneously preventing decay. Advanced ventilated food-safe pallet wrap can even allow air to circulate freely between overlapping layers.

Download the Tama InnoVent brochure to learn more about the advantages of pallet netting and ventilated film.

From bumpy country roads to busy loading docks, packed pallets face a lot of jostling. That’s why producers use heavy-duty pallet stretch film. It stretches tight to wrap around, secure and stabilise the packed pallet load. This ultra-clingy pallet stretch film limits shifting, tipping and product damage, as its elasticity ensures the wrapped produce remains under constant tension. It is also suitable for manual wrapping. But, if the product needs to breathe, ultra-ventilated solutions such as Tama NetFilm, the most securing yet highest ventilated stretch film, will do the job.

The highest elongating width-keeping pallet net for farms, FlexNet X-SPAN can elongate a guaranteed 50% while maintaining its width, hugging products with an industrial-strength grip. It means 150% of its original length, and combined with the width-keeping attribute, X-SPAN will secure the load with fewer revolutions allowing many more wrapped pallets per roll. Suitable for uneven loads, it assures stable pallets in the harshest shipping conditions.

In the past, farmers had to choose between breathability for fresh goods or a tight wrap for pallet stabilisation.  Elastic nets, such as ElastiNet X-Span NDicator, ventilated film such as Tama NetFilm and the new revolutionary InnoVent combine airflow and stability – the pallet wrap combination farmers and packers need.