On Display--Tubes
Plastic Tubes
A Taiwan-based tube manufacturer offers more than 60 tube styles. Sizes range from 13 to 60 mm. Various applicator tips and caps can be provided. Decorating services include six-color offset printing, hot-stamping, five-color silk-screening, and labeling. The firm’s facilities are ISO 9001:2000 certified. The firm’s newest patent-pending design is a one-piece 19-mm tube with the option of a slanted-tip or doe-foot applicator. The company also offers filling services. Yuan Harng Company, Ltd., Xiamen, China.
Sponge Top
A built-in sponge applicator allows customers to apply a product directly from a tube, without having to touch the product with their hands. Product is dispensed through a hole in the center of the sponge. Six-color printing and a varnish overcoat can be applied. A shrink band can be added for protection. Alcan Packaging, Washington, NJ.
Advanced Deco
Plastic tubes can be decorated using the latest computer-to-plate and shoulder-printing techniques. As an alternative to laminate tubes, the firm has also introduced a five-layer coextruded tube with a unique barrier layer. Oval tubes are also offered. Vista Packaging Inc., Brooklyn, NY.
Specialty Designs
A supplier offers tubes ranging from 13 to 60 mm in diameter. Specialty options include a dual-chambered tube, a tube pump, and an assortment of applicator heads for lip gloss, including sponges, roller balls, break-off tips, pointed-nose designs, extended-head styles, brushes, doe-foot styles, and silicone applicators. 3C Inc., Hawthorne, NJ.
U.S. Manufacturer
Using advanced molding and decorating equipment, a firm manufactures tubes from low-, medium-, and high-density polyethylene. The firm says that it only uses resins that are FDA approved and recyclable. Tubes can be translucent, transparent, frosted, metallic, and pearlescent. For closures, the company offers dispensing and nondispensing styles, including flip-top and screw-on options in various colors. The firm is family-owned and has been in business for more than 30 years. JSN Packaging Products, Irvine, CA.
Deckless Closure
A company’s Deckless Flip-Loc Dispens-R tube offers several benefits. The tube’s patented dispensing closure gives marketers the option of achieving a biinjected, two-color look without additional costs. Offered in diameters of 1½, 13⁄8, and 2 in., the closure also orients the thumb recess to the tube’s front panel. The closure is offered in smooth-sided and matte finishes with a full range of decorating options. It is also environmentally friendly by using up to 35% less plastic than standard flip-top closures. According to the supplier, its customers have already seen a reduced supply chain and improved speed-to-market by using the tube. Berry Plastics Corp., Easthampton, MA.
Oval Shape
An oval version of a supplier’s Neopac Polyfoil tube is now available. The tube offers good barrier properties to protect sensitive ingredients. Tube sizes range from 75 to 300 ml. The screw-on cap can be provided with an induction seal. A flip-top cap is also being developed. Hoffmann Neopac AG, Oberdiessbach, Switzerland.