What's the standard wall thickness for tape and label manufacturing?
The most common wall thickness for tape cores and label cores, used during many manufacturing and converting processes, is .125" (1/8"). Click here for a list of tape and label cores available for imm |
Are you open during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic? Are you still manufacturing?
Yes, both of our Los Angeles-based facilities are open. We make our paper tubes and v-board (aka edge protectors, corner protectors) in Los Angeles, California. |
Four Years Later
It’s been four years since we launched our e-commerce store! We’ve been manufacturing paper tubes since 1949, but it wasn’t until 2013 we decided to take the plunge. Our turnaround times have a |
Made in America. Made in Los Angeles.
Over the past 10 years, California manufacturing has become nearly nonexistent. Many businesses that were started by the Greatest Generation have gone out of business, moved out of California, or mov |
Made in the USA
After the past several decades, many manufacturers have relocated their businesses from the United States to another country. Cheaper labor and raw materials cost has been the biggest carrot for thes |
Ordering Shipping and Packaging Supplies
The information highway is responsible for a vast majority of communications and sales throughout the world. In the United States, online sales are estimated to account for roughly 60% of all retail |
Serving Los Angeles since 1949
Spiral Paper Tube & Core was founded by George Hibard Sr., a US Marine and World War II veteran, nearly seventy years ago. A machinist by trade, he designed and fabricated most of our first machines. |
Fulfillment Services for Cardboard Tubes and Poster Tubes
Shoppers and consumers alike, when asked what is the primary goal of your purchase, will undoubtedly answer the same thing: They want to get the most return on their investment. The difference in |
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 |
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 |
Paper Canisters, Fiber Cans, 3 Piece Telescope Tubes – Style 1
Primary and secondary packaging are not usually a company’s first thought when launching a new product or re-branding an existing one. More often than not, businesses focus entirely on their produc |
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 |
Southern California’s Leading Paper Tube Manufacturer
Los Angeles is home to many amazing destinations that attract tourists from all over the world. Because of the historical value found in Southern California museum exhibits, along with Santa Monica P |
Los Angeles Cardboard Tubes and Edge Protectors
Los Angeles may be known as a tropical vacation spot where many visitors from all over the world come to experience fabulous weather, exquisite food, and a variety of entertainment options…and who |
Los Angeles Packaging Supplies and Shipping Supplies
Virtual shopping has exploded the retail marketing business over the last two decades. In 1994 very few people had internet access compared to roughly 84% of households with internet access today . S |
Happy New Year! It’s a Great Year for Packaging!
If you are already familiar with who we are and what we make, we are excited you will be joining us for yet another year! If you are newer to the packaging industry, or to our packaging products, wel |
Paper Edge Protectors – Corner Protectors – Kraft Angleboard
In 2004, Spiral Paper Tube & Core started manufacturing Edge Protectors. WHY ARE EDGE PROTECTORS NEEDED? Paper prices were on the rise and manufacturing corrugated boxes became increasingly more expe |
Real reviews from real customers
We’re a growing company. We have come a long way from the 1949 days of creating Invoices with a pencil and paper and “snail mailing” them out to clients. We like technology here at Spiral Paper |
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 |
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 |