Peninsula Plastics had a productive trip exhibiting at AAPEX 2025, meeting with leaders and key suppliers in the automotive aftermarket space. The show provided space for a variety of businesses to showcase their products and services to such an influential crowd. We displayed our durable, sustainable plastic pallets, unitized containers, and custom part trays for enhancing automotive supply chain logistics.
AAPEX | The Automotive Aftermarket Expo for Innovation
The Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) is an annual event for all sectors of the aftermarket automotive industry to meet and discuss. This includes paint and powder suppliers, professional vehicle detailing services, high-tech diagnostic software, and more! It gave Peninsula Plastics the ideal platform to demonstrate the benefits of our heavy-gauge returnable transport automotive packaging.
Plastic Automotive Packaging We Displayed
Over the three-day event, the booth showcased a wide range of our innovative thermoformed packaging solutions for the automotive industry, featuring:
- Standard and custom reusable plastic pallets designed for efficient material handling of automotive components.
- Durable trays to capture precise dimensions for ensuring the safe transport of individual parts.
- Collapsible containers engineered to protect automotive hardware while saving limited warehouse and truck space.
- Custom-designed dunnage for safeguarding products from raw materials to finished goods as they are distributed from shipper to receiver.
All of our innovative plastic packaging displayed at the show is returnable, focused on sustainable supply chain operations.
Common Packaging Topics Discussed
During AAPEX 2025, our team had the opportunity to speak with companies experiencing challenges with their current packaging. Some of them are running into issues using wood for their product’s packaging. Wood, compared to plastic solutions, has a weaker structure and is prone to breaking, leaving behind costly replacements and damage to your goods. So, they are searching for a reusable plastic packaging alternative for long-term use.
Others stopped by the booth to discuss our custom capabilities because they were searching for a tailored solution. Different companies have specific processes that their supply chain has for financial and production efficiency. So, they require a packaging solution that may not be a standard footprint, or it might need custom add-ons. For example, we’ve developed thermoformed half trays with installed lift plates and custom injection molded inserts for carrying automotive gears. Our in-house design team has the expertise to engineer high-quality packaging for your operations.
Why the Automotive Industry Chooses Peninsula Packaging
Peninsula Plastics is an industry-leading supplier of reusable packaging for the automotive industry. Headquartered in the automotive capital of the world, we have experience with serving both OEMs and automotive aftermarket suppliers. Specifically, we specialize in manufacturing:
- Sustainable rack base dunnage designed for complete part protection as it’s transported in a steel rack.
- Custom part trays to securely hold individual components as they are produced, shipped, and stored.
- EV drive units and battery containers for enclosing various sensitive and hazardous automotive battery parts.
- Reusable industrial pallets for everyday use in rough environments that demand durable solutions.
We are happy to have showcased at AAPEX for the first time and look forward to building off these conversations. Our sustainable protective packaging is a great solution for automotive logistics, and we hope to improve the aftermarket supply chain. Peninsula Plastics is confident in its capabilities to engineer and manufacture your next automotive packaging design.
Choose the right automotive packaging for enhancing your supply chain today!
