Pallets in south Alameda County

South Alameda County enters the South Bay market through Fremont, whose Warm Springs and Bayside industrial districts border Milpitas. Fremont says more than 900 advanced manufacturing companies are based in the city, and that advanced manufacturing is one in four local jobs.

What ships from here

Automotive and battery manufacturing, semiconductor equipment, data storage and life sciences are the trades. Each uses a different pallet. Vehicle and battery plants run on 48x45 and 48x40, wafer-tool makers on skids and crates, and drug and device makers on clean Grade A or new pallets. The Fremont section below works through each district.

Where the county line falls

Only the south end: Fremont's docks sit on the same freight corridors as Milpitas, and Newark and Union City docks can ask too. Compare the pull from the Santa Clara side in Santa Clara County.

Fremont

Fremont is the East Bay's advanced-manufacturing city. Its June 2024 financial report names Tesla the largest employer at about 25,000 workers, then Lam Research at 4,000, Synnex at 1,400, Western Digital at 1,100 and Boehringer Ingelheim at 800.

Three districts carry the freight. Warm Springs, the city's southern tip around the Warm Springs and Mission Boulevard intersection, hosts high-tech headquarters including Lam Research, Corsair and Lexar alongside blue-collar industry. South Fremont, between I-880 and I-680, is primarily industrial and holds the Tesla factory on part of the former NUMMI plant. The Bayside industrial area lies west of I-880.

Trade	Pallet pattern
Vehicles and batteries	48x45 and 48x40 in volume; heavy loads; crates for cells
Wafer tools	Skids and crates; export-marked wood
Distribution (Synnex and similar)	Mixed 48x40, high turnover
Life sciences	Clean Grade A or new

The ZIPs are 94536, 94538, 94539 and 94555. Fremont is in Alameda County, so county rules and agencies differ from Santa Clara's even where the freight lane is the same.

Questions

Are Hayward and Oakland covered?

No. The East Bay beyond Fremont is a different freight market.

Is Fremont part of the South Bay?

Fremont's south end sits on the same freight corridors as Milpitas, so it is covered.

Keep reading

Santa Clara CountySanta Clara County's docks, from Silicon Valley equipment makers in the north to food and farm plants in the south, and what each ships on.
Pallets by tradeSemiconductor tools, contract manufacturing, data center builds, medical devices, food and farm, 3PLs and stores: what each sheds and needs.
Pallet sizes and their footprintsEvery common pallet size drawn to scale with its footprint in square feet: 48x40, 48x48, 42x42, 48x45, 48x42 and the Euro pallet.
Door by door: the South BayPallet buying, clearing and supply from Alviso to Gilroy: the cities of Santa Clara County and Fremont, and San Jose's industrial districts.

Sources, last reviewed 12 November 2026