Since 1976
Thunderbird Plastics has manufactured in Burnaby since 1976. The Nucera family runs the company today; Giuseppe Nucera made crates in Italy before the family took over.
Containers to harvest, process, store and transport, moulded on our own presses since 1976.
Thunderbird Plastics makes them in Burnaby, British Columbia, and sells them to growers and packers across North America.
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Harvest does not wait for a supplier to call back.
At the end of its working life, any container we made can come back to this plant: chopped, washed, moulded into the next one.
Full at harvest, washed after, back next season.
Five industries buy from one catalogue of 31 containers, every one moulded in the same plant.
A packhouse runs on stackable harvest crates. An oyster farm runs on grow-out trays. A dairy runs on milk crates. Construction runs on canning sleeves. A recycling program runs on bins and boxes.
One of the 31 containers
Outside dimensions 59.4 × 39.6 × 18 cm, 23.4 × 15.6 × 7 inches. Average load 15 kg, 33 lbs. 75 per pallet; 2100 stacked in a 53-foot trailer.
Food-grade high-density polyethylene, UV stabilized, freezer safe, washable from 0 to 100 °C.
All 31 containers| Container | Outside | Load | Per pallet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nest & Stack Berry Tray | 48 cm x 34.5 cm x 12 cm | 7 kg - 15 lbs | 350 |
| BERRY TRAY- Shallow Flat | 60 X 45 x 7.5 cm – 23.5 X 18 X 3 inches cm | Up to 20 lbs | 160 |
| BERRY TRAY - Standard Flat | 59.5 x 45 x 10.5 cm - 23.5 X 18 X 4 inches cm | Up to 9 kilograms | 120 |
| FISH & FARM TRAY | 48 cm x 33.5 cm x 10 cm | Up to 7 kg | 420 |
| FRESH PACK Crate | 48 cm X 30.5 cm X 20 cm | Up to 11.5 kg | 96 |
| Hands-free crate (with metal handles) | 50 cm X 27.5 cm X 20 cm | 9 kg - 20 lbs | 104 |
The presses also run custom work: your part, designed and moulded in the same plant.
Clamping pressure from 380 to 2250 tons. Parts from 60 grams, a canning sleeve, to 8 kilograms, a pallet. Ten production lines, injection moulding only.
Bring a sketch, a print, or a competitor's part you want improved. Design, 3D model, drawings and prototype all happen on site.
Custom moulding
- Clamping pressure
- 380 to 2250tons
- Part weight
- 60 g to 8 kg
- Production lines
- 10
- Manufacturing since
- 1976
Return and recycle
At the end of its working life, any container we made can come back to this plant: chopped, washed, moulded into the next one.
Walk-in sales
Optional delivery
Design on demand
Recycling compatible
To get a quote, call 888.778.2473
888.778.2473A person answers, in English, Italian, Chinese or Spanish.
Thunderbird Plastics Ltd., 6969 Shirley Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5J 4R4. Call toll-free from anywhere in Canada or the United States.
- Head office
- 6969 Shirley Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5J 4R4, Canada