How Do Chipboard Pallet Sheets Protect Products During Shipping?

When it comes to protecting your products during shipping, pallet sheets made from chipboard are a game-changer. These versatile, durable, and cost-effective solutions outperform traditional corrugated cardboard and excel across diverse applications — from bagged goods and food products to consumer items. They protect your products, reduce costs, and ensure everything arrives at its destination in perfect condition.

Why Every Pallet Needs a Chipboard Pallet Sheet 

Anywhere there’s a pallet, there should be a pallet sheet.

Shipping can get rough. Products get scraped, poked, and bumped around as they move through warehouses, on trucks and by rail, and on to their final destinations. A pallet sheet protects your products from:

• Nails and splinters from wooden pallets
• Sharp edges and rough surfaces
• Dirt and debris accumulated on pallet surfaces
• Objects poking through the spaces between pallet slats
• Insects and pests that may crawl around your products

Why Choose Chipboard Over Corrugated Pallet Sheets? 

While pallet sheets can be made from various materials, there are significant benefits to choosing pallet sheets made with chipboard vs those made with traditional corrugated cardboard. Those benefits include:

#1: Space-Efficient Storage and Shipping 

Chipboard is significantly thinner than corrugated cardboard without compromising durability. The number of sheets that would fill an entire truckload of corrugated could fit on just four skids of chipboard. This means:

• Lower shipping costs
• Reduced storage space requirements
• Efficient inventory management

#2: Cost Savings 

Material cost savings are substantial, as the price per sheet for chipboard is typically lower than corrugated alternatives.

#3: Enhanced Food-Grade Safety

Chipboard offers better protection for food with its smooth, solid surface that eliminates contamination risks. The recognizable “wavy” corrugated layer creates channels that can pick up dirt, dust, and insects, which can be problematic when dealing with food products. Our chipboard pallet sheets provide a cleaner, safer solution for transporting food and beverage products.

Products That Benefit from Pallet Sheets

Bagged products are especially vulnerable to damage during shipping and handling. Imagine tearing a hole in a bag of ice melt or dog food; you’d have a serious mess on your hands. Plus, every lost product is a loss to your bottom line. 

Bagged products include:

• Pet food and animal feed
• Lawn and garden supplies (fertilizers, seeds, mulch)
• Food ingredients and bulk materials
• Chemical products (ice melt, salts, powders)

For Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), pallet sheets are also essential for products that need to arrive looking ready for store shelves. Beauty items, groceries, and household products can all be protected from dirt and damage with pallet sheets. This ensures you maintain safety standards and provide quality products that customers will remember and return to purchase.

Vulnerable CPG products include:

• Canned and bottled beverages
• Boxed food items
• Personal care and beauty products

Choosing the Right Pallet Sheet

With a variety of thicknesses, materials, and sizes available, including the standard 48″x40″ pallet size, it’s important to select the right pallet sheet for your specific application.

Key factors to consider:

• Product weight and fragility
• Shipping environment conditions
• Food safety requirements
• Storage and handling procedures and requirements

Get Started with Pallet Sheets

Ready to unlock serious space savings, cut material costs, and protect your products? Don’t let inefficient packaging solutions drain your bottom line another day.

Get your customized quote today and discover how Badger Paperboard’s pallet sheets can change your shipping and packaging operations. Our team is standing by to help you maximize efficiency and minimize damage.