What's better to ship posters, crimped end ("snap seal") mailing tubes or mailing tubes with plastic end plugs?
Neither style functions better than the other. They are two different options meant to achieve the same purpose. Selecting one style over the other is more about preference. For example, a crimped end |
Paper Tubes and Plastic Plugs Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Some things are just meant to be together… What would peanut butter be without jelly? Who would Batman be without Robin? How lonely would salt feel without pepper? Paper tubes are no different. Wit |
Plastic End Plugs…Hidden in Plain Sight
The ongoing joke for many in the paper tube industry, is that the average American uses 8 paper tubes a day…all without realizing it. Because who really pays attention to how the Pringles can is ma |
Why do Mailing Tubes have "usable" lengths?
Most mailing tubes use plastic plugs to secure the ends. Most plastic plugs are .500" deep. When both of the plastic plugs are inserted, they reduce the inside, "usable" length of the Mailing Tube by |
When choosing a paper tube, be sure to consider the End Closure
Getting a product to market, or planning how best to ship it, is quite a feat. There’s a million details that need to be considered. A brown cardboard box is simple and economical. Think about all |
Every Good Mailing Tube Must Come To An End
End Closures are the crux components at the ends of mailing tubes, paper canisters, paper cores, shipping tubes, and donation cans. Depending on how End Closures are used, they are often called diffe |
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 |
Custom Paper Canisters – Style 4
I am drawn to aesthetic packaging. I appreciate when packaging is multi-functional, good for the environment, well made, and economically priced. I like a unique style that brings classic fun, and ec |
Mailing Tubes, Poster Tubes, Cardboard Tubes
I recently received an important document in the mail. This document represented many hours totaling over two years of my life. I had poured my heart and soul into those hours, and in the end I recei |
How to ship posters?
Let’s assume you’re just starting your poster company and that you are the one who will be purchasing the supplies, packing everything, and shipping the posters yourself. And keep in mind that � |
What are “seaming tins” and why do so many want them?
Seaming tins are circular, punch-pressed metal end closures, used on the tops and bottoms of Fiber Cans and Telescope Tubes . The process of permanently applying a tin part to a paper tube is defined |
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 |
Self-Locking Metal Ends: the preferred end closure for metal manufacturers
We make heavy duty shipping tubes. We don’t make self-locking metal ends. But, they’re like peanut butter and jelly. Ham and cheese. Ying and yang. What good is a shipping tube without an end clo |