Custom crating for manufacturers in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts jared@sureexpress.com 800-335-9996 207-797-3096
Sure Express Worldwide Custom Crating and Packaging

Service area · Maine

Crating for manufacturers in Greater Portland, Maine

Our shop is in Scarborough, about 9 miles from downtown Portland. On-site crating, machine pickup and crates built to spec for plants across Cumberland County.

Row of large crates on a manufacturing plant floor

Where we work

Serving Greater Portland

Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Scarborough, Gorham, Windham, Falmouth and Yarmouth.

We have completed crating jobs for manufacturers in Greater Portland.

  • The closest area to our shop. Pickups and crate deliveries are a short run on company trucks.
  • On-site crating at your plant for machines that cannot travel uncrated.
  • Container loading at our dock for ocean freight.
  • ISPM 15 certified lumber for export.
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Industries

What plants here ship

Industries served

Semiconductor and electronics

Process tools, test equipment and assemblies. Vapor bagging, desiccant and anti-static packaging, with the crate built around the sealed equipment.

Automation and machine builders

Assembled machines and lines shipping to the end customer. Skid bases, blocking and bracing, crated on your floor or at our shop.

Life science and diagnostics

Instruments and lab equipment. Foam-lined and cushioned crate interiors built to the unit.

Three ways to work with us

Crating services for manufacturers

Large custom crate with a framed front and internal supports, built in our shop
Delivered empty

Crates built to spec

We build crates and skids to your drawing or dimensions and deliver them to your dock. Your team packs and ships.

Crates to spec
Sure Express Worldwide trucks
At our shop

Pickup and crating

We pick the machine up at your dock, crate it at our shop in Scarborough, Maine, and ship it from there.

Pickup and crating
Large crate packed, marked and labeled on a plant floor
At your plant

On-site crating

Our crew brings the materials and crates the machine where it sits. For equipment that cannot travel uncrated.

On-site crating

Our work

Project photos

All project photos
Machine wrapped in foam on a timber skid base Machine sealed in a foil vapor barrier bag on its skid base Finished custom crate with handling labels Export crate strapped in place inside a shipping container

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Send us the job details

Every job is quoted on the specifics. Send dimensions, weight and location, plus a photo, drawing or packaging specification if you have one.

Quote request

Or call 800-335-9996.