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WOOD PACKAGING SPECIALISTS · YORK COUNTY, PA

Custom Wood Crates, Pallets & Export Packaging, Built in York County Since 2001

McConnell Enterprises is a wood packaging company. We design and build custom crates, pallets and skids, ISPM 15 export packaging, and military-spec boxes in our Airville shop, and deliver them across south-central Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.

Est. 2001

Family-run shop in York County, PA

NELMA-certified ISPM 15

Facility #09697

~2-week lead time

Typical; no minimum order

~100-mile delivery area

PA · MD · DE, to your dock

WOOD PACKAGING

Custom wood packaging, built in our shop

Every job starts with your product's size, weight, fragility, and destination. We design the crate, pallet, or base around it and build it here in Airville, PA.

Export Crates (ISPM 15)

Heat-treated, stamped crates and boxes for international shipments.

Banded ISPM 15 export crates stacked on skids

Shipping Bases

Product bases, cradles, and structures for heavy or awkward items.

Open-frame wood shipping base on skids

Military-Spec Packaging

Wood crates and boxes built to the military specs on your contract or drawings.

Custom solid-wood crate with a cleated lid, built on skids

Trade Show Crates

Durable, reusable wood crates for exhibits and display equipment.

Plywood crates stacked on skids, ready for delivery

Plywood Boxes & Crates

Enclosed plywood boxes and framed crates for equipment and machinery.

Plywood shipping crates on skids

Wooden Parts Bins

Sturdy wooden bins for warehouse racking. Store up to 4 different items per unit.

Rows of labeled wooden parts bins on red and green warehouse pallet racking

Custom Pallets & Skids

Non-standard sizes and heavy-duty skids for your product and equipment.

Stack of custom heat-treated wood pallets banded for delivery in our shop

Need something else?

Tell us what you need and we'll follow up to work out the details.

Custom foam insert fitted inside a wood crate

COMPLETE PACKAGING SUPPLIES

The crate, the box, and the foam from one supplier

Corrugated shipping boxes on wood pallets in warehouse racking

PACKAGING SUPPLIES

Custom-sized corrugated boxes, cartons, partitions, and pads. Short runs or large orders, delivered with your crates.

Need corrugated boxes or foam inserts too? We supply them with no minimums, bundled on the same order and the same delivery as your wood packaging.

Charcoal foam insert for interior crate packaging, shown in the McConnell shop

PACKAGING SUPPLIES

Polyethylene, polyurethane, and custom die-cut foam inserts, on their own or fitted to your crate.

HOW IT WORKS

From your specs to your dock

1

Send us the details

Dimensions, weight, quantity, destination, and any drawings or specs, through our contact form or by phone.

2

We design the package

Lumber, plywood, base, bracing, and interior protection chosen for the load and how it will be handled.

​3

We build it in our shop

Every wood crate, box, pallet, and base is built in Airville, PA. Typical lead time is about two weeks.

4

We deliver it

Nearly every order is delivered straight to your facility.

EXPORT-READY

Certified for international shipping

Most countries require solid-wood packaging to meet ISPM 15. McConnell Enterprises is accredited by the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA) as a Certified Wood Packaging Materials Facility, and our export crates and pallets carry the required ISPM 15 mark.

✓ Heat-treated, stamped export crates, boxes, pallets, and skids
✓ Built to your drawings, specs, or contract requirements
✓ Family-run shop: you talk to the people who build your crate

NELMA ISPM 15 Facility

#09697

Annual certification · Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association

ISPM 15 heat-treatment mark (US-09697 HT) on a finished export crate

FROM OUR SHOP

A few of the crates, boxes, and pallets we've built.

Recent work

Custom solid-wood crate with a cleated lid, built on skids
Wood crate with internal blocking and bracing holding metal parts
Stack of custom wood pallets and skids
Banded ISPM 15 export crates stacked on skids
Plywood shipping crates on skids
Forklift moving a finished plywood crate in the shop
Open-frame wood shipping base on skids
Finished plywood crates stacked in the warehouse

Photos from our Airville shop.

OUR SHOP

A small, family-run shop since 2001

When you call, you talk to the people who design and build your crate. Every wood crate, box, pallet, and base is built here in Airville, PA.

Crew member stacking cut plywood panels
Two crew members building crate parts at a workbench
Table saw station in the McConnell wood shop
Vertical panel saw for cutting plywood sheets

WHERE WE DELIVER

Delivered across south-central PA, Maryland & Delaware

From our shop in southern York County we deliver nearly every order straight to your facility, as far east as Philadelphia.

Map of the McConnell Enterprises delivery area around Airville, PA, covering south-central Pennsylvania, central Maryland, Delaware, and Maryland's Eastern Shore

Approximate delivery area. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

York, Hanover & Lancaster

HOME BASE

Our shop is in southern York County. Custom crates, pallets, and skids for manufacturers across York and Lancaster counties.

Harrisburg & Central PA

Harrisburg, Lebanon, Reading, and Gettysburg. Crates, shipping bases, and pallets built around your product and delivered.

Baltimore & Central Maryland

Baltimore, Harford County, Columbia, Annapolis, and Frederick. ISPM 15 export crating for freight leaving through the Port of Baltimore.

Delaware & the Philadelphia area

Wilmington, Newark, Dover, and the Philadelphia area, east to the Delaware River. Export and domestic crating, pallets, and skids.

Maryland's Eastern Shore

Kent Island, Stevensville, Chestertown, and Easton. Custom crates, pallets, and shipping bases delivered to the Shore.

Outside this area?

Call us anyway, we'll see what we can do.

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Have something to ship?

Tell us what you need and we'll follow up to work out the details. There's no minimum order, and typical lead time is about two weeks.

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