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On: Category: Tags: California, end closures, etsy, los angeles, mailing tubes, natural, orange county, organic, paper caps, poster tubes, recycled, recycled paper, san bernardino, san diego, santa barbara, ventura |
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 still love them, but they’re challenging, in ways we probably never really expected. Over time though, we discover new gems in these young adults and we learn to love and care for them in ways we never imagined. Paper caps are like teenagers. |
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On: Category: Tags: .060, .080, California, end closures, friction-fit plastic plugs, los angeles, mailing tubes, orange county, packaging, paper tubes, peanut butter and jelly, plastic end plugs, plastic plugs, plugs, poster tubes, san bernardino, san diego, santa barbara, shipping tubes, southern california, spiralpaper.com, ventura |
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. Without friction-fit plastic plugs, banners, posters and prints would simply slide right out of our mailing and shipping tubes. An end closure is needed, and there are a few different ways to secure the ends of paper tubes. White plastic plugs are the go-to option. Friction-fit plastic plugs are made with virgin plastic.This is important because plastic plugs made with virgin content are stronger and more durable than plugs made with recycled material. It also ensures a clean, white looking plug. White plastic plugs made with highly recycled content are easily noticed because they appear spotted and “dirty.” Plastic plugs have 2 prominent features:
The pull tab allows the plastic plug to be easily removed while the ribbed sides push against the paper tube’s inside walls and help keep it in place. These two features, and economical pricing, make it the most commonly used end closure. |
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On: Category: Tags: .120, .160, .180, .225, .250, 2.5 x 2.5, 2x2, 3 x 3, cardboard box, corner protectors, corrugated box, edge protectors, los angeles, LTL shipments, orange county, pico rivera, san diego, truckload shipments, vboard |
Freight companies are damaging our shipments. What can we do?
If you ship corrugated boxes on pallets, you’ve probably said this before. A few years ago, box manufacturers started making cardboard boxes with higher recycled content. This is good for the environment but bad for logistics. What you may have saved by purchasing a more economical box, you’re paying for in freight claims. What’s the solution?Protect your LTL and truckload shipments by adding Edge Protectors along the vertical and horizontal corners. Paper Edge Protectors protect vulnerable corners during transit. When metal or plastic strapping is used, Edge Protectors also help distribute the force of the banding, resulting in a secure and protected shipment. Combining a few Edge Protectors with those recycled boxes will continue to save you money, and help you avoid future freight claims. Visit our product page for additional technical specifications.
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On: Category: Tags: 1949, 3 inch cores, cardboard tubes, corner protectors, edge protectors, family owned, los angeles, merry christmas, orange county, packaging company, paper tubes, san diego |
Merry Christmas from all of us at Spiral Paper Tube & Core!
Another wonderful year is coming to a close at Spiral Paper Tube & Core. As a local manufacturer of paper tubes and edge protectors, our paper products have continued to give us the opportunity to meet great people who either use or distribute our products. Since 1949, our family owned and operated shop has valued the personal relationship we have with our customers. Read more… |
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On: Category: Tags: California, family business, george hibard sr., los angeles, orange county, pico rivera, riverside, sacramento, san bernardino, san diego, san francisco, small business, tape and label cores, ventura, west coast |
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 Beach ports, it makes shipping and receiving pretty easy…a must for any mid-sized packaging manufacturer! Read more… |
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On: Category: Tags: display, displays, litho display pole, los angeles, orange county, pop, retail displays, selling season, visual merchandising |
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. It’s the one season every merchant pays particular attention to. Merchants focus on three things: 1) products, 2) packaging, and 3) displays. A merchant may have a great product, but if the packaging or display doesn’t represent the product well, it won’t sell. The best retail stores, both brick and mortar and online retailers, aim to impress each customer with fresh display ideas and packaging they feel proud to hold. Litho display poles are one of our products that help merchants make selling season a success! Litho display poles often go unnoticed, but only if you’re not supposed to see it. Structurally, display poles are made just like paper towel tubes and wrapping paper tubes, only stronger. Read more… |
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On: Category: Tags: best way to ship posters, how to ship posters, los angeles, mailing tube, mailing tubes, orange county, poster tube, poster tubes, posters, san diego, shipping posters, shipping tubes, spiral paper tube |
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 “poster tubes” is just another name for “mailing tubes”, “shipping tubes”, “cardboard tubes”, and “paper tubes.” Referring to a “paper tube” as a “poster tube” is just a more specific way of referring to it. |
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On: Category: Tags: .125 inch wall thickness, 3 inch inside diameter, California, cardboard cores, label cores, los angeles, mill cores, orange county, san bernardino, san diego, santa barbara, tape cores, ventura |
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 later, we’re offering ninety different length options. All cores available through our online store have a 3 inch inside diameter and a .125 inch wall thickness — the most common inside diameter and wall thickness for tape and label cores. |
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On: Category: Tags: 3 inch paper cores, custom paper cores, lable cores, los angeles, mill cores, orange county, ordering paper cores online, spiral paper tube and core, tape cores |
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 in Los Angeles since 1949, which obviously pre-dates the internet. Many of our long-term customers continue to purchase their paper cores by emailing a Purchase Order to orders@spiralpaper.com. Read more… |
Happy New Year! It’s a Great Year for Packaging!
Best wishes from all of us at Spiral Paper Tube and Core! 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, welcome! We are happy to have you! Our goal is to provide you with information about each product, answer any questions, and make a paper tube or edge protector that best serves your needs. Since 1949, we have been manufacturing paper tubes. In 2004, we started making edge protectors (also known as corner protectors). We service international clients, ship our products throughout the country, focus on Orange County, Ventura County, and Riverside County businesses, and offer local deliveries to local customers. In 2013, we started offering 3″ ID x .125″ thick tape cores and label cores online – same day shipping is available on orders received before 11 AM Pacific. |
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