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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
I need 3″ tape cores and 3″ label cores…yesterday!
As a manufacturer, we make everything to order. This means we do not keep any tubes, cores, or edge protectors in stock. Distributors keep stock on their warehouse floors and deliver to end users on |
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 |
Online Ordering – 3″ ID x .125″ Tape Cores & Label Cores
The turn of the century brought about an explosion in technological advances and practices within the shipping industry. Industry research shows that over 65% of United States shoppers will browse on |
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 |
How do I measure edge protectors and corner protectors?
Edge protectors and corner protectors have 4 dimensions: 1. Leg 1 2. Leg 2 3. Thickness 4. Length 1. Leg 1 Leg 1 can be measured from the bend to the edge of the paper. Because edge protectors and co |
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 |
How do I place an order online?
We accept orders online, via email, and fax. The most common 3" ID x .125" Tape Cores and Label Cores can be ordered online. Orders received before 11:00 am PST ship the next day. At this time, this |
I'm not seeing an option to purchase Fiber Cans or Telescope Tubes online?
The only product line available for online ordering, and immediate shipment, are our line of 3" ID x .125" Tape and Label Cores. All other products are made-to-order. Custom orders have lead times. |
Do you offer quantity discounts?
Yes. The high the quantity, the lower the unit price. Quantity discounts do not apply to shipping charges. Our 3" ID x .125" Tape Cores & Label Cores , available online, are already discounted. |
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 |
Two Ways to Order Paper Cores
Today we want to show you the two different ways to order tape cores and label cores. 1) Emailing Purchase Orders 2) Online Ordering 1) EMAILING PURCHASE ORDERS We have been making spiral paper cores |
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 |
The average American uses 8 paper tubes a day…all without knowing.
Admit it. You’ve hit at least one unsuspecting person with a wrapping paper tube at least once in your life. Probably more. Did you know the average American uses 8 paper tubes a day…all without |
The 5 Most Common Paper Tubes
They say the average American uses 8 paper tubes a day…all without knowing it. Are you average? Above average? Below average? If the “average” American uses 8 paper tubes, where are they? How a |
Happy New Year!
To kick off the new year, we are introducing three metric length options to our 3″ ID x .125″ Tape & Label Cores. Throughout this past year, we had a number of folks let us know that their produc |
I don't see an option to pick up my online order?
Online orders automatically ship via UPS. The three shipping options are UPS Ground, UPS 3 Day, or UPS Next Day Air services. |