What's the difference between an "inside diameter" and an "outside diameter"?
The inside diameter is the distance between the inside of the circular opening of the tube. The outside diameter is the distance between the outside of the tube. To find the inside diameter, when only |
How do I measure a paper tube or paper core?
Paper tubes and paper cores have 4 parts: 1. Inside diameter 2. Wall thickness 3. Outside diameter 4. Length Diameter Definition: a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a bod |
Re-Purposing the Mailing Tube…
Everyone wants to get the biggest “bang for their buck.” So, sometimes in order to make the most out of everyday products, it is helpful to understand how to repurpose them for other uses. Mailin |
Heavy Duty Shipping Tubes, Shipping Tubes, Cardboard Tubes
I am always in awe when I go to the movies and sit in front of that huge screen where a story comes to life. I am able to cast aside my worries and life hardships to enjoy time just watching the acti |
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 |
Los Angeles Tape Cores and Label Cores
We’re offering a variety of tape and label cores online ! After receiving requests from customers who needed cores faster, we launched our store in October 2013 to do just that. A year and a half l |
Litho Display Poles – Temporary Floor Displays
Some of the most common floor displays are temporary floor displays. Temporary floor displays are seasonal and used to promote products for a short period of time. To help keep costs down on temporar |
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. |
Paper Caps: The Teenager of All End Closures
They’re so cute when they’re babies. Then we get to dress them up like dolls when they first start school. But then they become teenagers, and the cuteness we once knew somehow disappears. We sti |
Think You Have Tube Knowledge?
Paper Tubes. It’s what we do. Last year, we set out to educate as many people as possible by launching our Knowledge Base . We had noticed that many of our clients, packaging distributors, curious |
You Won’t Find Custom Poster Tubes at Your Local Office Supply Shop – Part 1
Local office supply stores stock some of the common poster tubes – 2″ inside diameter x 24″ usable length, 2″ inside diameter x 36″ usable length, 2″ inside diameter x 48″ usable length |
Made in the USA
Since our first paper tube came off the line in 1949, we’ve been in Los Angeles, California. Now, more than ever, we’re proud to manufacture paper tubes and edge protectors in our own backyard. F |
Our concrete form tubes are made right here in California.
Construction projects often need concrete form tubes. Concrete form tubes are paper tubes that get their name from their application. These paper tubes are used to “form” concrete into round post |
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 |
We absolutely love 5th grade Math. Here’s why.
Do you remember the first time you learned about Pi and 3.14159…. Although I spent a lot of time learning things I never use in my adult day-to-day life, 5th grade math and Pi (3.14) are certainly |