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Aluminum Collapsible Containers

Today, aluminum is the most efficient means available of storing, shipping and handling parts and bulk materials. When used in a closed loop shipping system, nothing beats a collapsible, aluminum container. 0-T-D containers provide the perfect shipping and storage solutions for a wide variety of industries, including foods, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, petrochemical, automotive, printing and others. Before you make a decision on buying containers, you should know the amazing abilities of aluminum.

Durability
Aluminum needs virtually no maintenance. While steel rusts, wood rots and corrugated containers damage easily, aluminum lasts. Many O-T-D aluminum containers are still in daily use after more than twenty years. The structural integrity of aluminum makes it a perfect candidate for long term outdoor storage. O-T-D containers are capable of holding 3,800 pounds per container and can be stacked as high as a forklift can reach. Total stacked capacity can reach 50,000 pounds. Considering the maintenance and replacement costs of steel, wood or corrugated containers, nothing stacks up to the strength and durability of aluminum.

Adaptability
Aluminum offers maximum flexibility. While most containers must be purchased in standard sizes (or you pay the high tooling cost for odd sizing), aluminum can easily be customized to fit your needs. We know how to precisely design and fabricate aluminum containers to fit your products, to answer your shipping needs and to meet your operating style. Regardless of the items you manufacture, we never try to squeeze your products into some generic size. We can change sizes or add features such as fold-down doors, removable panels, internal racks, casters, covers and optional stainless steel floor wear plates.

Portability
Aluminum is light weight. Our user friendly containers lower shipping and handling costs, increase the comfort and safety of handlers and comply with ergonomic requirements (each removable panel weighs less than forty pounds). They are easily and safely collapsed in twenty to thirty seconds, no tools required. Our containers can be transported, loaded and unloaded with minimum effort. When collapsed they save valuable warehouse space, a real asset when dealing with a closed-loop shipping system. Stackability
Aluminum has an impressive strength to weight ratio. How high can your fork lift reach? That’s how high you can stack O-T-D containers. Interlocking stacking pins fit securely into the base of the container on top, thus providing a stable , self-supporting stack of containers, whether filled or folded. When not in use the container is fully collapsible. Three collapsed containers are approximately the same height as one upright container.

Preferability
Why aluminum rather than plastic? First and foremost, plastic is incapable of handling heavy and/or hot products. Aluminum on the other hand can be engineered to handle any amount of weight and does not melt or distort when filled with hot materials. When trying to produce a plastic container to suit a specific need, expensive molds and high tooling costs make the price of the container prohibitive. Engineered plastic presents a significant fire hazard, especially the toxic gases released in the event of fire.

Recyclability
Aluminum has high scrap value. The life of an O-T-D aluminum container lasts virtually forever. Once they have given you years of dependable service, our containers can be profitably recycled, meeting environmental responsibilities and eliminating the rising costs of disposal and insurance for flammable plastic, wood and corrugated containers.

Accountability
What began as an "Origin-To-Destination" service mission in 1957 has grown into a worldwide supplier of customized aluminum containers for large industrial clients. Today's 0-T-D offers unprecedented expertise and price structures as customized as our containers, including a lease program designed to reduce initial cash outlay. Don't just buy containers. Invest in a company asset - a material handling system that is safe, custom-fit, cost effective and long-term.

The container of the 21st Century... what must it be?
It must stack. It must fold-up. It must eliminate product contamination and reduce solid waste, as well as save time and energy in product handling. It must be designed using detailed load analysis and must provide optimal cubing of truck trailers and ISO containers. It should reduce storage space and shipping costs. An O-T-D ALUMINUM CONTAINER meets all these requirements and truly is the container for the 21 st century.

Stainless Latches
As each panel is folded into its upright position it is easily secured to the adjoining panel with a spring loaded, stainless steel latch.

Stacking Pins
Stacking pins are made of cast aluminum and are replaceable. Optional stainless stacking pins are also available. Containers that are folded or filled will interlock and stack allowing for easier storage.

Identification plaques
Area for inventory control identification tags, logos and bar code holders. Base Leg
The stacking pin fits securely into the base extrusion opening, thus providing a stable stacking system. Stainless steel floor plates are optional.

Base
Container has 4-way entry allowing for pallet jack and forklift access. The base is free of a center leg for unobstructed handling. The low profile fork access area has 2 3/4" fork openings. Optional beveled fork straps allow for use with domestic or foreign pallet jacks and transport on roller conveyor.

Owner I.D.
Permanent embossed ownership identification is provided on each container by the factory.

Aluminum vs. Steel
Aluminum weighs less, so it has an advantage in terms of shipping costs, and comfort and safety to personnel who have to handle containers or container parts. Other than cleaning, aluminum will require little or no maintenance unless damage occurs in handling, In the event of damage, our panels can be removed in moments with tools no more sophisticated than a hammer and center punch. Steel people often point to galvanizing and paint (sometimes epoxy paint) as suitable surface protectants. Our comment is that these treatments will be quickly scraped away during lift truck handling and movement over chain conveyors, etc. Once the surface has been scratched, rust will form. Rust showing up on painted surfaces is particularly unattractive. By contrast you can point out that our aluminum units are sometimes used for long-term outdoor storage. Damaged steel components or destroyed containers have a very low scrap value. About all you will get for steel parts is the cost to have a scrapper carry the parts away. By contrast, aluminum has a very high scrap value. Markets vary over time, but it is often true that the scrap value of an aluminum container , on the day it is delivered, is over 20% of the purchase price. Long service life, weighs less, low maintenance, freight and handling savings, and high scrap value are the keys to getting a good comparison with steel.

Aluminum vs. Plastic
There are a lot of pretty good plastic containers available, but plastic has problems when weights go up, when the user wants to stack very high, when heat is an issue, or when the customer wants anything other than the established "generic" containers for which molds and dies currently exist. O.T.D. can probably offer some helpful comments regarding longevity, but I doubt any plastic units can point to a use life or resulting life cycle cost which will come close to the history we can quote. For some applications plastic is a better choice than aluminum, but with plastic you have a limited life cycle. The cost per trip of aluminum containers out performs any other option. For odd, or custom sizes, there is no way plastic can compete because of the high tooling costs. A significant issue is the fire hazard and toxic gases which might be released when plastic burns. Aluminum will have a clear advantage in any comparison of this sort.

Aluminum vs. Wood and Corrugated
People who use wood and cardboard come to us because their company doesn't want to handle these other materials, because contamination has become an issue, or because the cost of disposal has gone so high that they need some alternative. These issues are on the customers mind to meet the goals of the EPA's 33/50 program that asks for a 50% reduction of land-fill bound waste. Wood pallets and cardboard/wood composites are pretty cheap, and everyone claims to have someone who takes scrapped items off their hands, though I often doubt it. Refurbishing and re-assembling this type of packaging often requires full time manpower, but people tend not to recognize these costs either. The same themes may work here. Long life, low maintenance, minimal contamination, ease of reuse, recycleability, high scrap value. Again the fire hazard insurance premium becomes a factor.

Today, aluminum is the most efficient means available of storing, shipping and handling parts and bulk materials. When used in a closed loop shipping system, nothing beats a collapsible, aluminum container. 0-T-D containers provide the perfect shipping and storage solutions for a wide variety of industries, including foods, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, petrochemical, automotive, printing and others. Before you make a decision on buying containers, you should know the amazing abilities of aluminum.
Durability Aluminum needs virtually no maintenance. While steel rusts, wood rots and corrugated containers damage easily, aluminum lasts. Many O-T-D aluminum containers are still in daily use after more than twenty years. The structural integrity of aluminum makes it a perfect candidate for long term outdoor storage. O-T-D containers are capable of holding 3,800 pounds per container and can be stacked as high as a forklift can reach. Total stacked capacity can reach 50,000 pounds. Considering the maintenance and replacement costs of steel, wood or corrugated containers, nothing stacks up to the strength and durability of aluminum. Adaptability Aluminum offers maximum flexibility. While most containers must be purchased in standard sizes (or you pay the high tooling cost for odd sizing), aluminum can easily be customized to fit your needs. We know how to precisely design and fabricate aluminum containers to fit your products, to answer your shipping needs and to meet your operating style. Regardless of the items you manufacture, we never try to squeeze your products into some generic size. We can change sizes or add features such as fold-down doors, removable panels, internal racks, casters, covers and optional stainless steel floor wear plates. Portability Aluminum is light weight. Our user friendly containers lower shipping and handling costs, increase the comfort and safety of handlers and comply with ergonomic requirements (each removable panel weighs less than forty pounds). They are easily and safely collapsed in twenty to thirty seconds, no tools required. Our containers can be transported, loaded and unloaded with minimum effort. When collapsed they save valuable warehouse space, a real asset when dealing with a closed-loop shipping system.	Stackability Aluminum has an impressive strength to weight ratio. How high can your fork lift reach? That’s how high you can stack O-T-D containers. Interlocking stacking pins fit securely into the base of the container on top, thus providing a stable , self-supporting stack of containers, whether filled or folded. When not in use the container is fully collapsible. Three collapsed containers are approximately the same height as one upright container. Preferability Why aluminum rather than plastic? First and foremost, plastic is incapable of handling heavy and/or hot products. Aluminum on the other hand can be engineered to handle any amount of weight and does not melt or distort when filled with hot materials. When trying to produce a plastic container to suit a specific need, expensive molds and high tooling costs make the price of the container prohibitive. Engineered plastic presents a significant fire hazard, especially the toxic gases released in the event of fire. Recyclability Aluminum has high scrap value. The life of an O-T-D aluminum container lasts virtually forever. Once they have given you years of dependable service, our containers can be profitably recycled, meeting environmental responsibilities and eliminating the rising costs of disposal and insurance for flammable plastic, wood and corrugated containers.
Accountability What began as an "Origin-To-Destination" service mission in 1957 has grown into a worldwide supplier of customized aluminum containers for large industrial clients. Today's 0-T-D offers unprecedented expertise and price structures as customized as our containers, including a lease program designed to reduce initial cash outlay. Don't just buy containers. Invest in a company asset - a material handling system that is safe, custom-fit, cost effective and long-term.