Heavy Machine Packaging

Heavy machinery packaging is specialised packaging that protects industrial machines from corrosion, moisture, shock, vibration and non-compliance during handling, storage and transport. Unlike ordinary packing it is engineered to the machine's weight, centre of gravity and shipping route, using heat-treated crates and skids, VCI anti-corrosion materials, desiccants and calculated load securing.

Machines are heavy, high-value, precision-aligned and often bare metal. Ordinary packaging cannot carry the weight, cannot stop rust over a long humid voyage, and cannot brace a multi-tonne load against shock. The result of getting it wrong is a machine that arrives seized, rusted or misaligned, and a rejected shipment.

Domestic packing mainly guards against shock and handling on a short road trip. Export or seaworthy packing adds ISPM-15 heat-treated crating, VCI corrosion protection, desiccant moisture control and load securing to survive weeks at sea and clear customs.

Seaworthy machinery packaging is engineered to survive an ocean voyage: a heat-treated ISPM-15 crate, corrosion and moisture protection sized to the route, and bracing that holds the machine through sea motion and container stacking for the full transit.

Heat-treated timber for crates and skids, plywood, VCI films and paper, aluminium barrier foil, desiccants, foam and rubber vibration pads, steel and polyester strapping, and moisture-proof covers, selected to the machine and the route.

A skid is an engineered base the machine is bolted to for lifting and stability. A crate fully encloses the machine for weather and side-impact protection. A pallet is a simpler base for lighter, stackable loads. Heavy export machines often need a skid inside a crate.

A heavy-duty skid is an engineered timber base built to the machine's weight and centre of gravity, with defined forklift and crane lifting points, used for very heavy items such as oilfield pumps, turbine rotors, transformers and presses.

With VCI volatile corrosion inhibitor film and paper that release a protective vapour onto every metal surface, rust-preventive coatings on machined faces, and for long or humid transits a sealed aluminium barrier bag with desiccant that holds humidity below the point at which corrosion can start.

The machine is sealed inside an aluminium barrier-foil envelope with desiccant, creating a moisture-proof cocoon that keeps internal humidity low for months. It is used for sea freight and long-term storage of moisture-sensitive machines.

The quantity is calculated by the DIN 55474 method from the enclosed volume, the packing materials inside and the transit duration, not guessed. BENZ sizes it for each shipment so the package neither under-protects nor over-spends.

It is securing the machine so it cannot move in any direction inside its crate or the container, using timber bracing, chocks and lashings. Container securing is inspected at ports, and inadequate securing can have a container offloaded and re-secured at the shipper's cost.

With calculated cushioning, anti-vibration mounts, immobilisation of moving assemblies and load-path bracing engineered to the machine, so it cannot shift or resonate under handling, road and sea loads.

With container desiccants sized by the DIN 55473 and 55474 method, moisture barriers and, where needed, a sealed barrier bag, so condensation cannot form and drip onto the machine during temperature swings at sea.

ISPM-15 is the international phytosanitary standard for solid-wood packaging used in cross-border trade. Any solid-wood crate, skid or dunnage bound for a signatory country must be heat-treated and carry the ISPM-15 stamp, or the shipment can be quarantined, fumigated, re-exported or destroyed.

The ISPM-15 stamp shows the IPPC symbol, the country code, the treatment facility number and the treatment code, HT for heat treatment, certifying the wood was treated to kill pests. BENZ crates carry the stamp and we supply the treatment certificate with the shipment.

Most trading nations enforce ISPM-15, with minor variations, some destinations also require fumigation proof. BENZ packs to the destination country's rules and provides the documentation so the consignment clears customs.

The packing list, the ISPM-15 heat-treatment certificate, and handling and case markings, supplied so the consignment moves cleanly through customs without quarantine or port fumigation.

ISPM-15 for solid wood, MIL-STD-2073 for methods of preservation and packing, MIL-PRF-3420H for VCI materials, MIL-D-3464E for desiccants, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems, plus BFSV and TRGS 615 verification of nitrite-free VCI chemistry and IIP validation.

Survey and disassembly, surface degreasing and VCI preservation, vacuum barrier bagging with desiccant for long transits, calculated cushioning and bracing, ISPM-15 seaworthy crating, and finally containerisation, lashing and documentation, all performed as one engineered sequence.

Yes. On-site packing is the standard BENZ method for heavy machinery. A team travels to your plant with all VCI materials, crating timber, tooling and lifting equipment and packs the machine on your shop floor, so it never travels unprotected to an external packer.

Yes. For large machines and full production lines BENZ manages controlled disassembly with full labelling and a reassembly map, and can support reinstallation at the destination so the machine is returned to running condition.

It depends on the machine's size, the disassembly required and the protection level, from about a day for a single machine to a phased programme for a full production line. BENZ schedules the work to your dispatch date.

Yes. BENZ handles machinery preservation, packing and relocation, including sequenced moves of complete production lines with labelling and reassembly support.

There is effectively no upper limit for our crating and on-site teams. BENZ routinely packs units from 500 kg precision machines to transformers and turbines well above 100 tonnes, engineering the skid, crate and lifting points to the machine's weight and centre of gravity.

CNC and machining centres, lathes, mills, presses, injection moulding machines, transformers, turbines, boilers, compressors, generators and DG sets, MRI and medical equipment, printing machines, conveyors, tanks and vessels, industrial pumps and chillers, and complete production lines.

Yes, all three modes, with the packaging engineered to the transport mode and the route so the machine is protected end to end.

Yes. BENZ provides on-site heavy machinery packaging across major industrial cities and corridors nationwide, including Delhi NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Indore and more, and handles export from all major Indian ports. Beyond India, BENZ also exports and ships heavy machinery packaging worldwide, with export experience spanning 100+ countries across Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Americas, and on-site support wherever the shipment requires it.

It is quoted per machine. The cost is driven by the machine's weight and size, the protection level needed such as VCI, desiccant and barrier bagging, the crate versus skid choice, any disassembly, and the destination's requirements. BENZ surveys the machine and quotes to the exact requirement.

The machine's weight and dimensions, the crate versus skid decision, the corrosion and moisture protection the route demands, disassembly, lifting requirements and the destination country's compliance rules.

By engineering the packaging to the actual risk rather than over-packing or under-packing: right-sized crates, the correct protection level for the route, and consolidated handling. A single damage claim usually dwarfs any saving from under-packing.

For heavy, high-value export machines, yes. A single container-rain or shock event can write off cargo worth many times the packing cost, and non-compliant wood can trigger port penalties. Engineered professional packing removes those risks.

Look for in-house materials and engineering rather than just a crate maker, ISPM-15 capability, genuine corrosion and moisture expertise, on-site execution, OEM and export references, and recognised certifications. An integrated provider that owns the whole system is far more dependable than a single-service packer.

BENZ is an integrated provider that manufactures its own VCI and desiccant materials, engineers the crating, and packs on site, and it is trusted by 300 plus global OEMs including BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler, GM, Renault-Nissan and Volvo, exporting to more than 100 countries. That depth is something a single-service packer cannot match.

Properly engineered packing is designed to prevent damage in the first place. BENZ packs to prevent corrosion, moisture and shock damage and documents the packing so responsibility is clear, and advises on packaging that supports insurance and claims.