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Secure commercial storage for business inventory in Montclair, with receiving, organization, and shipping handled in the same building.
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Service area · Southern California
Southern California Warehousing
Bring product in through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, hold it in the Inland Empire, and ship to West Coast customers without a cross-country leg. The Papez Company is a family-owned warehouse in Montclair, California, approximately 50 miles from the port complex.
The Papez Company is a family-owned and operated warehouse in Montclair, CA, in the Inland Empire, approximately 50 miles from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. We provide Southern California warehousing and fulfillment for importers, out-of-state e-commerce brands, manufacturers, distributors, and marketplace sellers that need West Coast inventory held near the ports without leasing a building here.
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach form the largest container port complex in the United States, and the Inland Empire sits directly east of Los Angeles County. For a company deciding where to hold West Coast inventory, that geography usually points to the same answer. A container that clears the port can be trucked inland, unloaded, and put away in the same region it arrived in, and the product is already positioned for customers in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire. Route that same container to a warehouse in the central or eastern United States and you pay for the miles twice: once to get it there, and again to ship West Coast orders back.
Our warehouse is in Montclair, on the western edge of the Inland Empire in San Bernardino County, and it offers warehousing, e-commerce fulfillment, Amazon and Walmart forwarding, rework, and freight coordination from one building. You do not need to be local to use it. A quote request with what you ship and where it sells is enough to start.
Imports
Receive at the port, store approximately 50 miles inland
Once a container is released at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, your drayage carrier delivers it to our dock in Montclair. We unload, count against your packing list, flag any discrepancies, and put the product away. The empty container goes back to the port and your inventory stays in Southern California.
From that point, product can be held as is, picked and packed for orders, prepped and forwarded to Amazon fulfillment centers or Walmart's fulfillment network, or reworked and relabeled before it moves to a retailer. None of it requires a second facility in the region.
The market
Close to the customers, close to the carriers
Los Angeles County borders Montclair, Orange County and San Diego sit to the south, and the Inland Empire surrounds the warehouse. Holding inventory here means parcel orders for Southern California consumers start their trip near where they end, and pallet orders for retailers and distributors in the region are short truck moves rather than long-haul freight. For more on the local area, see our Inland Empire warehousing and Montclair, CA warehouse pages.
The warehouse also sits on the Interstate 10 corridor, with Ontario International Airport in neighboring Ontario and the freight lanes that serve the Los Angeles market close by. Outbound LTL, full truckload, and parcel shipments leave from our dock with rates we negotiate on your behalf and pickups we schedule for standard or expedited service.
Use cases
What companies use a Southern California warehouse for
A few kinds of companies get the most out of a Southern California warehouse: importers who need a landing spot near the ports, e-commerce brands based elsewhere that want a West Coast warehouse near the ports, manufacturers and distributors that need warehousing near Los Angeles for regional accounts, and marketplace sellers who need prep before inventory is forwarded. What they have in common is inventory that belongs in Southern California and no reason to lease a building here to keep it.
The warehouse is an FDA registered facility and The Papez Company is a member of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA).
- Receiving and de-stuffing import containers from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
- Pick and pack for parcel orders to customers in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire
- B2B pick and pack and palletized shipments to retailers and distributors in the region
- FBA and WFS prep and forwarding to Amazon fulfillment centers and Walmart's fulfillment network
- Rework, relabeling, and repackaging before product enters distribution
- LTL and full truckload coordination for freight moving into and out of Southern California
Services
Warehousing and logistics services available to Southern California businesses
Fulfillment
E-Commerce Fulfillment
Storage and order fulfillment for online brands shipping direct to consumers and to wholesale accounts, without leasing a warehouse.
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Amazon & Walmart FBA Forwarding
Inventory received, stored, prepped, and forwarded to Amazon and Walmart fulfillment centers from a warehouse near the ports.
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Freight Shipping & Receiving
FTL and LTL freight coordinated from the same dock that receives your inventory: rates negotiated, pickups scheduled, shipments out.
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Southern California warehousing questions
Do we need to be located in Southern California to use your warehouse?
No. This page is written for companies that are not. Out-of-state brands and overseas importers can use Montclair as their West Coast location: you send inventory, we receive and report it, and you direct what happens next by phone and email with the people who handle your account.
How do we get inventory to you from out of state or overseas?
For imports, once your container is released at the port, your drayage carrier or freight forwarder delivers it to our dock in Montclair. For domestic freight, ship LTL, full truckload, or parcel to our address, or ask us to coordinate the move and negotiate the rate. In either case, send a packing list ahead of arrival so we can schedule receiving and count against it.
Can you receive the import container and ship the customer orders from the same place?
Yes. Receiving, storage, pick and pack, marketplace prep, rework, and outbound freight all happen in our building in Montclair. Nothing transfers to a separate fulfillment site, and there is no second vendor to manage.
Why Southern California instead of a central location?
It depends on where your product comes from and where it sells. If you import through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach or sell heavily on the West Coast, holding inventory here removes the cross-country leg on the way in and shortens the trip on the way out. If your customers are spread across the country, a Southern California location covers the West and works alongside wherever else you hold stock.
Where is your Southern California warehouse located?
Our warehouse is at 4060 Mission Blvd., Montclair, CA 91763, in the Inland Empire on the Interstate 10 corridor, bordering Los Angeles County, approximately 50 miles from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Call 909-229-4482 or send a quote request with what you import and where it sells.
Do you handle customs clearance?
Customs clearance stays with your customs broker. Once the container is released, it can be delivered to our dock, where we unload, count, and put away. We coordinate freight, negotiate carrier rates, and schedule pickups for whatever ships out of the warehouse.
Ready to hold inventory in Southern California?
Tell us what you import or ship, where your customers are, and how orders leave the warehouse. We will come back with a plan for receiving, storage, and fulfillment from Montclair.