Automotive Solutions

Custom Steel Shipping Racks for Automotive Manufacturers

Returnable, OEM-grade steel racks designed and engineered around your part, your line, and your trailer.

Built for the Automotive Line

Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers run on tight tolerances and tighter timelines. Every part that moves through an assembly line has its own handling requirements, and a rack that doesn’t account for those requirements slows the whole line down. Lamar Packaging Systems designs, prototypes, and manufactures steel shipping racks specifically for automotive production — from returnable racks that cycle through your supply chain to mobile WIP racks that move parts through your own facility floor.

Our team manages the full rack program from concept through delivery, including the interior dunnage that protects the part. That means one point of contact managing your rack program from first sketch to first shipment, and every rack after that.

Whether you’re standing up a new program for a launch vehicle or replacing an aging rack fleet across multiple plants, our team scopes the job the same way: understand the part, understand the line, then engineer the rack around both.

Designed Around Your Part

Engineered from customer-supplied math data using SolidWorks and AutoCAD
Can also design directly from a physical part when math data isn’t available
Optimized for product protection during handling and shipping
Ergonomic loading and unloading built into the rack design
Maximized part quantity per rack and optimum use of trailer or container space
Built to withstand repeated cycles in a returnable packaging program

Every design decision, from the gauge of steel to the angle of a loading slot, gets weighed against how the part actually moves through your facility — not just how it looks on a drawing.

Steel Rack Solutions for Automotive Production

One program, four ways to move parts — designed to work together or stand on their own.

Returnable Racks

Custom steel racks built to cycle through your automotive supply chain, reducing per-shipment packaging cost over time and cutting down on landfill-bound expendable packaging.

Mobile WIP Racks

Move work-in-process parts through your own facility with racks designed for your floor layout, aisle widths, and handling equipment.

Prototype Development

A working prototype built around your actual part, so the design is proven out before a full rack order is placed.

Program Management

One point of contact from design through manufacture — including support across multiple plants, shifts, and suppliers as your program scales.

How We Build Your Rack Program

From first sketch to first shipment, the same team stays with the project the whole way through.

01

Design

We model the rack in SolidWorks or AutoCAD from your part data, or from a physical sample if math data isn’t available.

02

Prototype

A working prototype gets built and tested with your actual part before we commit to full production tooling.

03

Produce

Our team manages steel fabrication and dunnage production, coordinating every detail so nothing gets lost along the way.

04

Deliver

Racks ship ready to load, with program management support in place for reorders and rack fleet growth.

Where Our Racks Go to Work

Steel rack programs built around the parts automotive manufacturers actually move every day.

Engine Components

Racks engineered to protect precision-machined parts through handling and transit.

Body Panels & Stampings

Dunnage designed to protect class-A surfaces from scratches and marring.

Interior Trim & Electronics

Compartmentalized racks that keep smaller, fragile components organized and protected.

Powertrain Assemblies

Heavy-duty steel construction built for the weight and handling demands of larger assemblies.

Interior Dunnage Options

Every rack is paired with dunnage designed to protect the specific part it’s built for.

We Are the Packaging Problem Solvers

Contact us to discuss your automotive steel rack program — from a single prototype to a multi-plant returnable packaging rollout.

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