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Sonoco Protective Solutions: TransGuard molded returnable totes and dunnage


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Sonoco Protective Solutions designs and manufactures a wide variety of material handling solutions to solve your most complex supply chain problems. Our revolutionary transGuard™ product family is a returnable material handling system designed to protect fragile, sensitive and complex shaped parts during transit and assembly. Made from molded EPP, transGuard™ is resilient, durable, and height customizable to maximize your yield per container.  Sonoco also offers a complete line...
3930 N. Ventura Dr., Suite 450
Arlington Heights, Illinois, 60004
United States
1 (800) 377- 2692  1 (800) 289-9966 
Sonoco Protective Solutions Company Profile

Protect automotive parts with returnable polypropylene totes and dunnage.

Protect automotive parts with returnable polypropylene totes and dunnage.

A revolution in returnables

A vast improvement over standard, injection-molded totes. TransGuard offers advantages like height customization, lower packaging costs, superior part protection, rugged construction for years of use, full recyclable ability and maximized truck yield.

Stand Alone Totes Advantages

TransGuard Stand Alone Totes replace standard injection molded plastic totes and fabricated inserts with a single unit made from molded foam.

  • Height customizable maximizing the number of products in a stack
  • Molded to fit complex part features
  • Returnable and reusable
  • Allow for complex interior customization.

Custom Dunnage Advantages

Custom dunnage provides a good solution for large, fragile, complex items that are hard to hold.

  • Ideal for applications where height customization can greatly decrease shipping costs
  • Return ratio in pallet package applications can be 2:1, reducing return freight costs
  • Offers interlocking dunnage for plastic pallets and metal racks, as well as dunnage designed to go inside bulk bins

Tote Inserts Advantages

TransGuard Tote Inserts are light density parts that fit into a standard injection molded tote.

  • Low cost method to make complex tote inserts or dunnage
  • Fixes problem part design
  • Overcomes tote insert sizing into standard totes

Bulk Bin Inserts Advantages

TransGuard Bulk Bin Inserts fit inside traditional structural foam bins.

  • Maximize the truck yield
  • Deep parts are possible due to zero degree draft of process

Markets Served

  • Automotive
  • Material Handling Solutions

Transguard Benefits

TransGuard™ offer benefits like height customization, lower packaging costs, superior part protection, years of use, and maximized truck yield. TransGuard totes are particularly effective in applications where a lighter weight container allows you to hold more parts and where height customization can greatly decrease shipping costs. Also, TransGuard solutions are recyclable.