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The Best 3 Custom Paper Tube Structures
When we first turn to paper tube packaging, we would wonder what does a custom paper tube look like? What structures can we custom a paper tube packaging? Well, in this blog we’ll share with you some custom paper tubes structure option, let us take a look!
Currently, we now provide 3 different structure options for custom paper tubes, they’re below:
1 - piece paper tube structure
Features:
- Top & bottom seal by a sealer
- Good option for: Drinks / Tea / Coffee / Food Powder products
1-piece paper tubes also called single tubes, it is one of our most popular packaging options. With only one piece to the construction of the tube, and the option to have either a metal lid or plastic lid cap on both the top and bottom of the tube.
This cardboard tube packaging style allows you to have branding all over the tube including the lid, including a full CMYK print, a matte or gloss finish. Branding extras such as Spot UV, foil stamping, and embossing/debossing.
2 - piece paper tube structure
Features:
- Consist of the top lid & the bottom base
- Good option for: candles / cosmetics / gift packaging
2-piece paper tubes also called telescopic tubes, its top lid can be any length, shorter or same height as bottom base, and this cardboard tube packaging allows you to have branding all over the top lid, bottom base too, to make it luxury packaging for your products, and these paper tubes look amazing on shop shells, and as gifts.
3 - piece paper tube structure
Features:
l Consist of a top lip, a bottom base & an inner neck
l Good option for: drinks / cosmetics / food products / many more other
3- piece paper tubes also named butted tubes, it’s the most popular structure options. The top lid can have rolled or unrolled ends, and rolled ends is the preferred option for most of our customers. And this cardboard tube packaging can be customized to be with a long or short top lid as you want, normally it’s shorter than the tube bottom base.
Conclusion
1, Custom paper tubes will have 3 different structure options: single tubes / telescopic tubes / butted tubes, while customization is endless, we can explore more creative paper tube structure in future.
2, All these custom paper tubes structure options can be branding fully, by full CMYK print, a matt or gloss finish, and extras like Spot UV, foil stamping, embossing or debossing.
You can choose one of those 3 structure options as your product tube packaging, they will present your brand & look amazing. To learn more about custom paper tubes packaging, pls refer to this custom quick start blog. Or contact our specialists, we’ll provide you sustainable paper tube packaging solution.
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