5 Common defects in tubes which every Tube user must know
1. PolyFlow missing
2. Leakage from Shoulders
3. Printing Defects
4. Varnish /Ink Tape Test
5. Top Seal Missing
PBL Laminated tube vs Seamless (Extruded Tube)
PBL Tubes have several advantages as compared to Seamless / Extruded tubes :
- 1. Better Print Quality
- 2. Possibility to make Tube with lesser plastic - More Sustainable
- 3. Possibility to reduce cost Dramatically
- 4. Possibility to very small diameter meters like 16 mm or 4 gram tubes
- 5. You start losing your grip on the market and your competitors start taking an edge over you.
- 6. Very High Volumes with fast delivery times

5 Important criteria’s to select the Right tube
- 1. Printing and Graphics: Laminated tubes as compared to seamless or pure aluminium tubes can be printed with good high resolution graphics and printing.
- 2. Type of Laminate: Aluminium Barrier Tubes (ABL) or Plastic Barrier Tubes (PBL). ABL tubes are collapsable in nature giving highest barrier and is perfect choice for products which are sensitive to oxygen and moisture. PBL are non collapsable tubes and are perfect choice for cosmetics as tube always appear full.
- 3. Type of Caps and its color : Cap choice is important as it :
- Communicates the brand image
- Single Hand use vs two hand use : Flip top cap is single hand use - 4. Tube Diameter : The volume of your product can be packed in variety of diameters.
For example : 10 ml of product can be packed in 19 mm dia and 16 mm dia. With 16 mm dia tubes the tubes is longer and thinner. Depending upon choice the cost of tube also varies. - 5. Tamper Evident Seals and Security features : Tamper evident seals ensure that the final customers knows that the tubes have not been opened and tampered with. Also certain security printing may be incorporated

Brands Who Choose Skypack Tubes and Grew Their Business by 50% in 1 Year
TTK – EVA
Himalaya
Sun Pharma
Veet
Dettol
Quick Facts about Skypack :
1 Billion
Producing close to 1 Billion tubes per annum
Top 3
Among top 3 tube makers in India
In-House Facility
Inhouse Flexo Printing and Tube Laminate making
10+ Yrs.
More than 10+ Years in making tubes on Swiss Made Machines
We offer all Laminated Packaging Solutions at Industry Competitive Prices
Some of the Brands which use Skypack’s Tubes :
