Crates built around you

Protect your investments with high-quality crates.

Protecting your art and cargo from point A to B and in storage.

Shipping from point A to point B, sharing artwork around the world, or storing your cargo can be stressful, especially if you are unsure of the packaging.

Vevex crates are custom-built to the most stringent standards of excellence with the protection of your cargo in mind. Whether you choose our line of Museum Quality, Industrial or Economy Crates, you can rest easy knowing that we have a solution to ensure your cargo is safe.

Our products

Our crates are offered in three product lines: Museum Quality, Industrial and Economy.

Crates can be available on short notice.

Exact quotes provided easily at no cost.

All Vevex crates carry a serial number, making them easy to re-order.

All Vevex crates carry certification for world-wide shipment.

Museum Quality Line

Industrial Line

Economy Line

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Museum Quality Crates

Our signature product line.
Tailored to what you want to protect most.

Vevex museum quality crates are the top of the line. Not only are they built to handle one-of-a-kind contents that could be worth a great deal of money, but they look great.

Each crate is sanded and varnished on the exterior. They look like high-end furniture and in consequence are handled with great care and attention. Each crate is built for a specific item, and when that item is not on display it typically lives in its crate. Lids are bolted. Crates are equipped with tools to open the bolts. Crates may include a sub-frame into which the art is placed before being packed in the crate.

Museum quality crates can range in size from less than a metre each dimension to so large that only specific freight-only aircraft can handle them. A wide variety of lining materials are available. Museum quality crates are expensive, but well worth the security they provide. Unlike Economy Line and Industrial Line crates, Museum Quality crates use 12mm birch plywood.

Features Include:

Premium materials.

Top of the line protection

Finished wood products including sanding and sealing

Premium foam fill including extruded polystyrene

12mm birch plywood

Gasket Seals & Bolt Closure

Wrench kit included for rapid bolt removal. Important for border crossing checks

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Industrial Line Crates

Built to get your cargo there quickly.

Vevex industrial crates can be made up to contain the full range from small, delicate, fragile items, to large, very heavy equipment. The defining feature is that they have more framing, meaning they can be designed so any number of sides can be removed. They can be made up unlined, lined with polystyrene foam of various types, or lined with polyethylene foam of a large variety of densities and thicknesses. Shipping light fixtures? Chemical processing equipment? Industrial machinery? Sculpture? A Vevex industrial crate may be the answer.

Industrial crates can be built with lids having gaskets and bolts. This allows for reuse of the crates many, many times. When equipped with bolted lids, the crate will also carry, mounted on the exterior, a wrench kit allowing for rapid bolt removal, either by hand or using a drill. This is especially important when the crate crosses international borders. If the crate looks easy to open it often gets waved through. Go figure.

Features Include:

Available lined or unlined with polystyrene foam

Available with gaskets & bolt lids for easy reuse

Wrench kit included for rapid bolt removal. Important for border crossing checks

Light Weight –

5.2mm plywood

Medium Weight –

9.5mm plywood (3/8″)

Heavy Weight –

15.5mm plywood (5/8″)

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Economy Line Crates

Built to get your cargo there quickly.

Economy crates are top-opening only. The lids screw down with wood screws that can be opened using either Phillips (X) or red Robertson (square) drivers. Screw holes for the lids are pre-drilled. To make sure the screws holes line up, simply match the Vevex logo stamped on the lid with the logo stamped on the crate itself. These crates are rated for one use, but in fact many of our customers use them again and again. Crates may be unlined, or lined with ¾” polystyrene foam insulation. Crates are supplied with “This Side Up”, “Fragile” and “Glass” labels.

 Economy crates are made up using the minimum necessary framing to make a strong box. This means that crates for thin items like paintings or photographs up to about 1 ½” thick go into an Economy crate we call an Art Box. Thicker items go into something we’ve come to call a Spartan Box. Really it is just a bit more framing. Items thicker than about 8” go into a full Economy Box.

 If you think the crate (once loaded) would be easier to manage if it was equipped with handles, just mention it. Where appropriate, Economy boxes can be handled by forklift or pallet jack.

 And it is important to note that, like all Vevex crates, the economy crates carry certification for world-wide shipment.

Features Include:

Available lined or unlined with polystyrene foam

Screw Closure

Top-opening only

Light Weight –

5.2mm plywood

Medium Weight –

9.5mm plywood (3/8″)

Heavy Weight –

15.5mm plywood (5/8″)

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keep your cargo safe

Whether you’re shipping priceless artwork, or looking for a cost-effective way to protect expensive goods; our crates will make all the difference.

 

Simply fill in the form and we’ll be in touch within 48 hours with an exact quote or a request for further information.

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