Paper Can Packaging.
Final price depends on size, material, finish and quantity. Your packaging manager confirms it before production.
Your custom tube, quoted.
Design it before you ask for it.
Set the diameter and height, shuffle through curated colourways, then see exactly what each finish does to the surface. No account, no artwork needed.
YOUR TUBE, EXACTLY AS YOU SPEC ITPACKTIST ATELIER
80 × 110 mm
Velvet-matte and unmistakably premium under the hand.
The full specification book.
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Paper Can Packaging
A canister built from paper. The caddy format, with a metal or board end.
Wound plies with seamed ends give a rigid container at a fraction of a tin's weight. Liners handle contact where tea, coffee or powders sit against the wall.
Every detail. Intentional.
Rigid without metal walls
A tin's presence at paper weight.
Seamed or plug ends
Metal for the caddy look, board for all-fibre.
Liners for direct contact
Tea, coffee and powder grades differ.
Label wraps without a seam
Designed to turn, not to face forward.
Resealable lids
Because these are opened daily for weeks.
Ply count to the fill
Heavier contents need thicker walls.
Built like architecture.
Every order of Paper Can Packaging is an engineered build, measured, dieline-cut and hand-wrapped to spec. Below is the standard build sheet.
✦ Need a custom spec? Talk to our atelier. Every detail is negotiable.
Every surface, hand-selected.
What this product is built from, and the surfaces it takes. Below the build sheet sits the full swatch library. Every option applies across our range, and a physical swatch set is available on request.
Material
The board and paper your box is built from.
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How the outer surface looks, feels, and catches light.
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Closures, linings, and hardware that complete the build.
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The full kit of capabilities.
Sizing & dieline.
We wind and cut Paper Can Packaging to your product instead of pulling a stock size off the shelf. Send us the diameter and height of the item (or the item itself) and we return a measured spec, free, before you commit to anything.
A cylinder needs two figures, not three: the diameter across its widest point, and the height. Measure the item itself, not the pack you happen to use today.
Allow 2–3 mm on the diameter so the product drops in without binding, and a few millimetres of headroom if a lid, pillow or tissue sits on top.
We quote round formats as Diameter × Height. Tell us whether you are working in millimetres or inches and we match it.
✦ Not sure of your size? Send us the product and we measure it and build the dieline.
Pricing & minimums.
We price Paper Can Packaging per specification rather than from a fixed list, because the same build in two different finishes can land at very different numbers. Below is what actually moves the price, so you can shape the spec before you request a quote.
The single biggest lever. Unit cost falls sharply as volume rises, because setup and tooling spread across more pieces.
Board weight and stock choice change both the raw material cost and the shipping weight of the finished run.
Foil, spot UV, embossing and soft-touch each add a pass on press. One or two lift the box; five compound the cost.
Full-bleed print inside and out costs more than a one-sided design on natural stock.
Foam, moulded pulp, velvet pillows, magnets and ribbon are priced per piece on top of the box itself.
Standard production is the base rate. Rush moves you up the production queue and carries a surcharge.
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Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know about Paper Can Packaging.
A paper can has seamed ends and a sealed membrane, so it is a closed container. A paper tube is an open cylinder closed with caps. The can is the format for products that need a freshness seal.
Both share the same spiral-wound body. The can adds a foil or laminate membrane at the top, a metal or fibre end at the base, and an overcap for reclosing.
A foil or laminate membrane is heat-sealed to the rim of the can after filling, and the customer peels it off on first open. Under it, the contents are sealed from air and moisture until that moment.
The overcap sits over the membrane during transit and becomes the reclose once the seal is broken. The membrane is applied on your filling line, and we supply the can ready for it.
Yes. A barrier liner inside the wound body and a sealed membrane on top give a genuine oxygen and moisture barrier. It is the fibre format that comes closest to a tin for freshness.
Coffee, tea, protein and drink powders, snacks and confectionery are the standard applications. Tell us the shelf life you need and we specify the liner grade to match.
Yes. The membrane breaks visibly on first open and cannot be resealed. A customer can see at a glance whether the can has been opened.
The overcap on top is a reclose, not a seal, so the membrane is the tamper evidence. That is why the can is the format for food and supplements sold at retail.
Either a plastic overcap or a fibre one. Plastic gives the tightest reclose and is the standard for coffee and powders. Fibre keeps the pack closer to all-paper.
The membrane and the base end are specified separately. A fibre overcap with a foil membrane is the usual build when a brand wants the recyclability story without losing the seal.
No. A fibre body will not survive retort or hot-fill processing. The paper can is a dry-fill format for products that are ambient when they go in.
For a product that has to be hot-filled or sterilised in the pack, a tin can is the right format. We make both, so tell us the process and we point you to the one that fits.
300 units for a single diameter and height. Common sizes are 3 by 4.5 inches and 3.5 by 6 inches, and other sizes are wound to order.
The membrane, the base end and the overcap are stocked components, so a small first run does not carry tooling cost.
7 to 10 business days from artwork approval, and 5 to 7 on a rush order. A sample takes 5 to 7 business days.
On a paper can we use the sample to confirm the fit of the overcap and the seal of the base end. If you run your own filling line, we can send a plain sample first so you can test the membrane seal on your equipment.
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