Returnable Custom Packaging for Tier-1 and Tier-2 Automotive Suppliers.
Automotive parts packaging is a cost-per-trip equation. Disposable corrugated cardboard adds up over a year of supplier-to-plant moves. Custom returnable packaging built to your part pays for itself in months and protects parts better at every cycle.
Kiva Container designs and fabricates custom returnable plastic packaging for automotive parts at our Anaheim, CA facility. Thermoformed trays sized to your part, corrugated plastic totes and dunnage built for repeat use, and ESD-safe configurations for sensor modules and electronics. All from one supplier, one facility, one quote.
Custom thermoformed and corrugated plastic packaging for engine components, sensors, interior trim, electronics modules, and assembly-line kitting. Built for tier-1 and tier-2 automotive suppliers.
What We Build for Automotive
Returnable Plastic Containers and Totes
Custom-built returnable plastic totes designed to nest, stack, and survive repeat trips between supplier and plant. Sized to fit your transport rack, conveyor system, or material handling layout. Built from 2mm to 10mm corrugated plastic depending on payload weight and trip count expectations.
Thermoformed Component Trays
Custom trays formed to your part geometry. Used for engine components, interior trim, sensors, electronics modules, and any part that needs to ship in a fixed position without movement or contact damage. Available in conductive and static-dissipative grades for electronics-laden parts.
Custom Dunnage
Corrugated plastic and thermoformed dunnage for layer separation, part orientation, and impact protection inside returnable containers. Built to your part profile. Reduces damage rates and labor at the receiving plant.
ESD-Safe Packaging for Automotive Electronics
Sensor modules, infotainment electronics, ECUs, and any automotive component with sensitive electronics inside. We run conductive and static-dissipative materials in both thermoformed and corrugated formats, with ANSI/ESD S541 compliance.
Class A Surfaces for Interior Trim and Cosmetic Parts
Tyvek, Spunguard, and brushed polyester laminated surfaces for parts where surface contact will leave a mark. Common for interior trim, finished plastic components, and pre-paint shipments.
Assembly-Line Kitting Trays
Trays designed to present parts in the order and orientation an assembly line needs them. Reduces pick time and error rate. Often used in goods-to-person and pick-to-light operations.
How We Build It
| Process | Best For | Materials |
| Thermoforming | Component-specific trays for sensors, ECUs, trim, engine parts | ABS, polycarbonate, HDPE, conductive polymers, static-dissipative PVC |
| Corrugated Plastic Fabrication | Returnable totes, boxes, dividers, dunnage, kitting trays | Corrugated plastic 2mm to 10mm, conductive corrugated, laminated surfaces |
| CNC Routing and Die Cutting | Custom dunnage, large-format components, repeatable production runs | Solid plastic sheet, corrugated plastic, hardboard |
All automotive packaging is fabricated in-house at our Anaheim, CA facility. Tooling is built on our CNC mills. No outsourcing. No middlemen.
Automotive Applications
- Engine and powertrain components. Custom trays and dunnage for cylinder heads, blocks, transmission parts, and other heavy-payload components.
- Sensor modules and electronics. ESD-safe thermoformed trays for sensors, ECUs, control modules, and infotainment electronics.
- Interior trim and Class A parts. Laminated dividers and dunnage that prevent surface damage to finished trim components.
- Lighting and reflective components. Custom carriers for headlamp assemblies, tail-lamp housings, and other parts that require precise orientation.
- Sub-assemblies and kits. Kitting trays that present assemblies in line-side ready order.
- Returnable shipping programs. Multi-trip containers built into the supplier-to-plant logistics loop.
Why Kiva Container for Automotive
- Returnable and reusable packaging is in our DNA. We have been building reusable plastic packaging since 1986.
- Both thermoforming and corrugated plastic fabrication under one roof. Most automotive packaging needs both. We build both.
- In-house design and tooling. Aluminum CNC-machined thermoforming tools turned faster than vendors who outsource tool fab.
- ESD-safe materials and configurations for the growing share of automotive electronics in modern vehicles.
- Class A laminated surfaces available for interior trim, finished components, and pre-paint shipments.
- ISO 9001:2015 quality system and AS9100D certification (if your tier-1 customer’s supplier program requires it).
- Women-owned California small business, eligible for OEM supplier diversity programs.
- Single Anaheim, CA facility. No overseas freight lead time. No tariff exposure.
Ready to Get Started?
Tell us about the part, the trip count, and any rack or material handling constraints. We will recommend a packaging design that pays for itself in cycles, not years.
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