Nº D-11155
Toothpaste, gels — octagonal screw cap it stands on.
Made for: Cosmetics.
Sample printed on plastic / aluminum laminate tube (ABL, PBL) 0.3 mm, gloss lamination; style: squeeze tube (cosmetics, toothpaste, ointment).
Sample size Ø40 × 185 mm.
A squeezable plastic tube (laminate or PE) — cosmetics, pharma, food; printed all round, with a crimp seal that can carry the batch code.
Yes, commercial use included; Free adds a watermark grid at 1K, Pro exports 4K without it.
Yes — from the Ø40 × 185 mm sample or your own size, with the dieline redrawn.
Yes, with Pro: the die files (SVG, PDF / AI, DXF / CF2) and the CMYK print PDF; designing on the die is free.
The sample is plastic / aluminum laminate tube (ABL, PBL) 0.3 mm with gloss lamination, on a dieline drawn at the size you type.
Laminate tubes (ABL, PBL) are printed flat on multi-layer web, rolled into a sleeve and welded along one side seam, then a plastic shoulder is injection-moulded onto the open end and capped. Tubes reach the filler with the tail open; product is pumped in from the tail, which is then heat-crimped and coded with batch and expiry on the seal. Extruded PE tubes are seamless and are decorated after forming.
ABL (aluminium barrier laminate) blocks light and oxygen best and suits toothpaste, ointments, condensed milk and adhesives; it keeps its dent once squeezed. PBL (plastic barrier laminate with an EVOH layer) springs back to shape, which looks better for cosmetics. Laminate walls run about 250–350 micron; stick to standard diameters such as Ø19, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 mm so shoulder and cap tooling already exists.
Gloss or matt overvarnish across the body, hot-foil logos, raised screen-printed type, metallic or pearl effects. Laminate tubes take fine multi-colour print; extruded tubes are dry-offset printed, so go easy on fine screens and gradients. Caps can be moulded to a Pantone or metallised, but a plastic cap rarely matches the printed body exactly.
Artwork width is roughly the tube circumference (π × diameter), with the seam overlap set by the maker's template; length equals the body, less the shoulder and about 8–12 mm of tail seal. Keep text and barcodes 3–5 mm clear of the side seam, where print is interrupted. Place the eye mark (a small solid block) in the tail exactly where the filler specifies, so the machine orients each tube before sealing.
The tall cap with a wide flat base lets the tube stand inverted on a bathroom shelf, so paste flows to the nozzle and less is wasted. The octagonal sides are easy to turn with wet hands.
Since it stands cap-down, front text must read upright with the cap at the bottom and the tail seal at the top. Keep the reading direction consistent with the carton and ad imagery.
ABL contains aluminium, giving the best light and gas barrier, and stays dented after squeezing. PBL has no aluminium, relying on EVOH for barrier, and springs back — it looks better on a cosmetics counter.
Tube diameter, length from shoulder to tail, shoulder and cap type, and the printable area from the tube maker. Always get the maker's own artwork template, as every factory allows a different tail and seam.
Laminate tubes are printed while still flat web, giving the sharpest result. Extruded tubes can be dry-offset or screen printed, or take a pressure-sensitive label or shrink sleeve; short runs often go with labels.