2 Piece Telescope Tubes, Paper Canisters – Style 2
I have to admit, I am a total product person. I am drawn in to things that are pretty, packaged well, and will look good on my counter. I love sharply dressed products that fill the senses with visua |
3 inch diameter tape cores and label cores
When it comes to spiral paper tubes, the most common inside diameter is 3 inches. But why? When you order egg bites from Starbucks, the barista peels a sticker off of a roll of stickers, and adheres |
3 inch Tape and Label Cores
We offer 90+ different lengths of 3″ ID tape and label cores. All of these cores have a standard .125″ wall thickness. If you, like many other tape manufacturers and label manufacturers, have inc |
4 Steps to Make a Paper Tube
Have you ever seen the television show How It’s Made ? If you find yourself wondering how things are put together, assembled, or used, you may find it interesting. The format is simple – take a f |
Agricultural Bee Nesting Tubes
“Mommy, why are bees yellow and black?”
“I think that is a question you will have to ask God.”
Pause
“Okay, can we go call him now?”
I love that the |
America’s Preferred Poster Tube Manufacturer
Since 1949, we’ve been making poster tubes here in Los Angeles. Hollywood is just a few miles away. Each time a new movie is released, movie posters are printed and need to be shipped around the co |
Appealing Paper Packaging Wins the Race – Paper Canisters, Style 3
Many people would agree that sight is the most powerful of the five senses. I remember growing up and seeing images of an illusion where if you looked hard enough in a particular photo you would see |
Are small paper tubes really that small?
Over the last few months, we’ve been having more and more conversations with customers about our small paper tubes. Cardboard tube manufacturers usually like to make a lot of tubes in the shortest |
Are you ready for Thanksgiving?
Life is about family and friends, and Thanksgiving is an opportunity to gather around a meal with the ones we love the most. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we wanted to remind everybody th |
Are your retail displays ready for selling season?
If you’re a merchant, you’re probably getting ready for this year’s selling season. Selling season, October through December, is when consumers will hand billions of dollars over to merchants. |
Being invisible is considered a superpower. Paper tubes and cores are invisible to most. But is that good?
Men and women who work in packaging “see” packaging, but to most consumers, packaging is invisible. When I go to Costco, I see v-board. Lots of v-board. Nearly every pallet of product above the g |
Best 2020 Valentine’s Day crafts
Why are toilet paper tubes consistently the go-to craft option? Every home in America has toilet paper, and when that runs out, they’re left with something they can either toss into the trash, or u |
California is a great place to make tubes and edge protectors!
Back in 1949, George Hibard Sr. founded Spiral Paper Tube & Core in Los Angeles. Today, we’re still in Los Angeles. With our many freeways, rail yards, and proximity to the Los Angeles and Long Bea |
Can You Identify the Edge Protectors?
Edge Protectors are also known as Corner Protectors. They’re used to protect edges and provide additional column strength when used vertically. In the picture above, they’re being used to do both |
Carpet Cores and Star Crimped Inserts
What’s the difference between a “core” and a “tube”? Paper cores and paper tubes are structurally the same, how each is used determines what it’s called. A paper tube is called a “core |
Cats Even Like Toilet Paper Rolls
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Christmas Update: Ordering 3″ ID Tape & Label Cores
We closed for Christmas and New Years today. We will re-open Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Happy New Year! Orders placed between now and then, will be processed and shipped Thursday, January 3, 2019. L |
Community Overstock Program
Local community support is vital to the success of any business. Fast food restaurants, boutiques, and stores that offer consumer products, all build around a community and thrive on participation fr |
Corporate Branding – Spiral Paper Tube & Core
Corporate branding can be a lethal weapon in the business world. Correctly used, the marketing benefits have the ability to skyrocket sales. Branding is the technique of using ones company name as a |
Covid-19 Coronavirus Update
America’s manufacturing companies have been jolted by the coronavirus pandemic. We are no different. Because our paper tubes support a variety of supply chains, we’re considered essential. As a t |