Gaylords in Bristol and Falls Township
Bristol and Falls Township hold the Dow chemical plant on the river and, next to it, one of the largest warehouse builds in the Northeast on the old U.S. Steel Fairless Works site.
What fills and empties gaylords from the Bristol plant to the Fairless site
Two stories sit side by side here. The older is chemical manufacturing: an 800-acre plant on the Delaware at Bristol that has made emulsion polymers, resins and plastics since 1917. The newer is a warehouse city rising on the old steel mill ground in Falls Township, with buildings from 200,000 to 2 million square feet.
A resin plant is a prime user of octagonal and rectangular gaylords, which carry pellets and powders out and bring raw materials in. A warehouse tenant is a prime source of single-trip empties. One side needs the product; the other generates it. That symmetry is why this page matters.
What the record shows
Dow's Bristol Township plant covers about 800 acres on the Delaware River in Bucks County and has made chemicals since 1917 (EPA). NorthPoint Development paid $160 million in December 2020 for more than 1,800 acres of the former Fairless Works site (Levittown Now).
Building 1 at the Keystone Trade Center is 1.15 million square feet and went to FedEx; the developer expects about 15 million square feet in all (Patch, September 2023). Data center projects have also been proposed in the area, per our research.
ZIP codes Bristol and Falls Township covers
This page covers 19007, 19030, 19054, 19055, 19056, 19057 and 19067. The industries to expect there, from our market research: emulsion polymers, resins, data centers, logistics and steel.
Seasons and timing
Warehouse tenants fill ahead of the winter holidays and clear after. Chemical plants run year-round with turnarounds.
Which request fits
- Buy. Resin handlers wanting octagonal gaylords or multi-trip rectangular boxes.
- Sell. Warehouse tenants with trailer-sized stacks; see trailer loads.
- Recycle. Stacks that fail grading, in loads big enough to bale.
A large stack is a request worth sending early, since planning a trailer takes time.
Local words you may hear in Bristol and Falls Township
- Octabin. An eight-sided bulk box whose angled corners resist bulging under resin or powder.
- Fairless Works. The former U.S. Steel mill in Falls Township, now being redeveloped into warehouses.
- Tenant improvement. The fit-out of a new warehouse for its occupant, a time when packaging for racks and equipment piles up.
What to put in a request from Bristol and Falls Township
- Whether the stack is from a warehouse tenant, a plant or a contractor.
- How many boxes, and how many trailers that might be.
- The grade and footprint.
- Your preferred dates.
Questions people ask
Do you work with the Dow plant?
We mention it as context. We are not affiliated with it.
Can a Keystone tenant sell its empties?
Any tenant can send a sell request with the count and date.
Do you work with the new warehouses?
Any tenant can send a request.
Do you handle octabin loads?
Yes. See our octagonal gaylord page.
Next door
| Place | Some of its ZIPs | Industries |
|---|---|---|
| Bucks County, Pennsylvania | 19007, 19020, 19030 | chemical manufacturing, emulsion polymers, logistics, data centers, agriculture |
| Bensalem | 19020, 19021, 19053 | food manufacturing, food distribution, light manufacturing, warehousing |
Sources
- EPA on the Dow Bristol Township plant, last reviewed November 11, 2026
- Levittown Now on the Fairless Works sale, last reviewed November 11, 2026
- Patch on the Keystone Trade Center, last reviewed November 11, 2026