Industrial decision tools

Connect supplier quotes, freight, duty, FX and material use to a finished-unit decision, then use focused engineering and logistics calculators for the supporting work. No sign-up; calculations stay in your browser.

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Logistics & packaging

Plan pallets, containers and shipments before you book.

Pallet CalculatorBoxes per layer, layers, total boxes & weight, with a diagram. Container Loading CalculatorBest of six orientations using presets or your actual internal dimensions. CBM CalculatorCubic metres from dimensions, plus total shipment volume. Boxes per Pallet CalculatorQuick boxes-per-pallet from box and pallet size. Volumetric Weight CalculatorChargeable weight for air, courier and road freight.

Material calculators

Turn dimensions into weights and lengths — the numbers buyers and converters actually need.

Plastic Film Weight CalculatorRoll weight, GSM and yield from width, thickness, length and resin. Plastic Sheet Weight Calculatorkg per sheet and per m² from dimensions and material. Aluminium Sheet Weight Calculatorkg per sheet, per m² and per batch, by alloy. Roll Weight CalculatorWeight of a roll from its diameters, width and material. Roll Length CalculatorMetres on a roll from diameters and material thickness. Flat Glass Weight Calculatorkg per sheet, per m² and tonnes for float glass (2500 kg/m³). Steel Weight CalculatorPlate, sheet, coil, bar, rebar, tube — kg, tonnes, per metre. Copper Weight CalculatorSheet, busbar, rod and tube — copper, brass, bronze. Paper Reel & Remaining StockWeight from known length, or remaining length and weight from current diameter. Paper Sheet, Job & PalletGSM-based sheet weight, waste-adjusted material and price conversions. Paper Cut-Sheet & Reel TrimCompare sheet orientations or check slit widths, utilization and waste.

Film & packaging

Film production maths for extrusion and conversion — weight, yield and line output.

Film Weight CalculatorRoll weight, GSM and yield from width, thickness, length and resin. Film Yield CalculatorMetres and m² of film per kg — the reverse of film weight. Film Output Calculatorkg/hour and kg/day throughput from line speed.

Coatings

Transparent industrial coating calculations in one workspace, with user-entered assumptions.

Industrial Coating CalculatorWFT/DFT, coverage, paint quantity and cost, A:B mixing and dew point.

Polymer processing

Masterbatch & additivation for film and compounding — one shared calculation engine, density-aware.

Masterbatch CalculatorDensity-adjusted additivation (mass % ↔ volume %) & the full suite. Let-Down Ratio CalculatorLDR 1:X ↔ addition %, with a clear definition and the MB/base split. Active-Additive CalculatorTarget ppm/% active → required masterbatch rate. Blend Density CalculatorReciprocal-rule density from component densities & weight %. Masterbatch Cost CalculatorCompound €/t plus the incremental cost of additivation. Multilayer Film Masterbatch1–7 layers, mass by thickness × area × density, MB & cost per layer.

Cost & freight

Cost, duty, freight and margin calculations.

Material Cost Impact WorkspaceCompare origins and scenarios → landed €/t, monthly exposure, finished-unit cost and selling-price impact. Margin & Markup CalculatorConvert between cost, margin and selling price. Freight per Tonne CalculatorSplit a freight cost across the tonnes shipped.

Sustainability & transport

Verified-data-only: freight emissions and single-material production footprints, each with its source, boundary and range shown.

Freight CO₂ CalculatorTonne-km emissions by mode (road/rail/waterway/sea/air), with the range and source. Material Carbon CalculatorQuick cradle-to-gate footprint of one material — polymers, steel, aluminium, glass, copper. Verified sources. Material Environmental Impact CalculatorProduction + freight CO₂ for polymers, steel, aluminium, glass, copper — with shares, warnings and sources.

Compare materials

Fair comparisons only: you supply the mass or pack weight for the same function, comparability is checked, and no material ever gets an eco-score.

Material Comparison CalculatorTwo materials, functional or equal mass. Production + freight CO₂, comparability checked, caveats shown. Lightweighting CalculatorMass, production & freight CO₂ saved when you switch to a lighter design. You enter both unit weights. Packaging ComparatorTwo packaging options for the same job — packaging tonnes, CO₂ and recycling context.

Converters

The everyday industrial unit conversions in one place.

Micron ↔ MilFilm and coating thickness. kg ↔ lbMass conversion. €/kg ↔ €/tonnePrice-per-weight conversion. $/lb ↔ $/tonneUS price-per-weight conversion.

Built for materials work

These aren't generic conversion pages — they're the calculations that come up in industrial materials, packaging and logistics work: how a load fits a pallet, what a roll of film weighs, what a tonne actually lands at once freight, duty and FX are in. New tools are added regularly, alongside MatQuo's live market data and trade statistics.

Materials trade field guides

Incoterms 2020 for materials trade Pallets and loading for materials shipments Containers, trucks and ships for materials PPWR and EPR: EU packaging responsibilities From oil and gas to plastics and packaging