Production Case Company is a Canadian road cases manufacturer, specializing in custom and ATA-style flight cases for clients across Canada and beyond.
Serving touring professionals, broadcasters, government agencies, and trade show teams since 1985, Production Case builds to specification for fragile, large, and high-value equipment that cannot afford to arrive damaged.
Every custom ATA case is proudly designed and manufactured by the in-house Production Case team in Ottawa, Ontario.
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What Is a Road Case?
A road case (also called an “ATA case” or “flight case”) is a heavy-duty protective enclosure designed to withstand the rigours of repeated transport, loading, and storage.
Built from rigid materials and fitted with impact-absorbing interiors, such as custom foam, road cases keep equipment intact whether it is loaded into a cargo hold, stacked in a touring truck, or rolled across a convention floor.
Road cases in Canada are used across a wide range of industries: live music and concert touring, audio-visual and event production, broadcast and film, trade shows and exhibitions, and military and government procurement.
Any operation that regularly ships high-value or fragile equipment under commercial freight conditions benefits from a custom-built road case.
Who Needs a Custom Road Case in Canada?
Custom road cases serve a broad range of Canadian buyers, including:
- Live event and touring production companies protecting audio, lighting, and staging equipment
- AV and broadcast equipment owners transporting cameras, monitors, and mixing consoles
- Trade show and exhibition teams moving display hardware and presentation technology
- Corporate and government equipment managers shipping sensitive instruments and specialised equipment
- Sports teams and athletes travelling with training equipment or medical gear
- Bands and musicians protecting instruments, amplifiers, pedals, merch displays, and other performance gear
Canada's live events sector drives significant demand for professional transit protection, with Ontario among Canada's most important live-event markets.
In 2023, Statistics Canada reported that Ontario accounted for the largest share of revenue among promoters and presenters of performing arts, sports and similar events, representing 34.9% of national industry revenues.
Our Custom Road Case Solutions
ATA 300 is a widely used performance specification for reusable shipping cases used in air and common carrier transport.
These transportation methods put equipment through repeated handling, stacking, transfers, vibration, and impact. ATA-style flight cases are built for these demanding conditions, helping protect fragile or high-value equipment travelling by airline, freight carrier, courier, or touring truck.
Production Case builds ATA-style flight cases to meet the protection, durability, and handling needs of touring, broadcast, event, and industrial equipment. If your custom cases have specific carrier, procurement, or tender requirements, the Production Case team can confirm the right case construction before quoting.
Large screens are fragile, expensive, and difficult to transport safely without the right protection. Production Case builds custom TV and monitor cases for flat-screen displays, professional monitors, and large-format event screens.
Not every piece of equipment fits a standard case. Production Case builds road cases to your required dimensions, making them ideal for oversized, unusually shaped, or highly specialized gear.
Simply share the size, weight, and travel requirements of your equipment, and Production Case can design a custom case around it.
For clients who need a quick solution, Production Case also offers pre-designed road case configurations in standard sizes. These are a practical option when your equipment fits an existing layout, and you need a faster turnaround.
Why Choose a Canadian Road Case Manufacturer?
Working with a Canadian road case manufacturer gives you more control over quality, timelines, communication, and support.
Instead of importing cases from outside the country, Canadian buyers benefit from:
- Faster production and domestic shipping
- Fewer cross-border delays, customs steps, and landed-cost surprises compared with importing cases
- Cases designed for Canadian touring routes, climate conditions, and freight carriers
- Direct access to the team designing and building the case throughout the process
- Local support if your case needs adjustments or repairs after delivery
For Canadian businesses and production teams, this makes the entire process easier from initial quote to final delivery.
How Production Case Builds Your Road Case
Materials & Construction
Production Case road cases are built with Baltic birch plywood, aluminium extrusion, ball corners, riveted hardware, caster wheels, recessed latches, foam inserts, and optional casters, rack rails, ramps, handles, and other accessories depending on the application.
Interior protection can be designed around the exact equipment being stored or shipped. Foam inserts help prevent movement inside the case, while reinforced exterior hardware helps the case handle repeated loading, stacking, and transport.
The goal is simple: protect your equipment through the real-world conditions it will face.
Frequently Asked Questions
The terms are often used interchangeably. A flight case is specifically built and rated for air travel under common carrier conditions, meeting the ATA 300 specification. Road case is a broader term covering heavy-duty transit cases used for touring, trucking, or general freight shipping. All Production Case ATA-style flight cases also serve as road cases.
Production Case builds ATA-style flight cases to ATA 300 specifications. If a shipment has specific carrier, procurement, or tender requirements, the Production Case team can confirm the right case construction before quoting.
Yes. Production Case specialises in custom-sized cases built to exact dimensions. There is no standard size requirement; if the equipment has measurable dimensions, we can build a case around it.
Yes. Production Case ships from Ottawa to clients across Canada. Shipping costs and timelines vary by destination and case size. Contact our team directly for a shipping estimate.
Production time depends on the complexity of the build and current order volume. Contact Production Case for current lead times on your specific project.