Clear Tube Packaging | Custom Round & Oval PET Tubes

Printex Transparent Packaging specializes in sustainable ship flat clear plastic tube packaging—flexible, customizable solutions that meet the unique packaging demands of a broad range of industries. From packaging small promotional items to high-end cosmetics to gourmet food items, our clear packaging options offer sustainable ship flat design, visibility, durability, and shelf impact.  

With expertise in ship flat design and manufacturing, our skilled team delivers innovative, clear tube packaging solutions that are structurally sound, sustainable, and capable of securing products from manufacturing to final delivery. Our clear packaging tubes are designed to save space, save money on shipping and save energy as well as stand out on the shelf to maximize brand awareness. Learn more about our custom round tube packaging capabilities.

Custom Ship Flat Clear Plastic Tube Packaging

Our rigid, clear tube packaging solutions are typically cylindrical, providing a premium way to display products while keeping them protected. 

At Printex Transparent Packaging, we offer clear PET plastic tube packaging with fast turnarounds for your packaging needs. Clear PET gives consumers full visibility of your products, while our value-added printing capabilities support brand identity and capture attention. 

Our clear packaging tubes are lightweight, durable, recyclable, and cost-effective. They are frequently used for various types of retail products ranging from baking and confectionary, stationary, consumer goods, apparel, health and beauty, and holiday gift packaging.

Why Choose Cylindrical Tube Packaging?

Cylindrical tube packaging features full 360° product visibility, enhancing transparency and visual appeal while maintaining product protection. The crush-resistant material maintains structural strength and integrity, and the sleek, round form creates premium shelf differentiation.  

We offer tamper-evident lid options that enhance safety and trust, while our food-grade PET and post-consumer recycled (PCR) PET substrates ensure regulatory compliance, durability, and sustainability for food, health, and beauty packaging.

Tube Specifications & Customization Options

Our PET and PCR PET materials are FDA-approved, food-grade packaging plastics that are ideal for clear tube packaging due to their strong and lightweight properties. We offer a diverse range of clear round tube packaging options with various customizations for:

  • Diameter
  • Length
  • Wall thickness
  • Clear or colored lids
  • Open-end and cap styles
  • Round or oval shapes

At Printex Transparent Packaging, we have extensive experience designing clear tube packaging that can be fully tailored to meet your specific brand and product requirements.

Applications for Clear Plastic Tube Packaging

Custom Printing & Branding

At Printex Transparent Packaging, our in-house design team can create eye-catching graphics on clear packaging tubes with the following printing capabilities, eliminating the need for extra labeling:

  • Full-color CMYK printing. Directly on the PET surface.
  • Silk screen graphics. Delivers bold spot color treatments.
  • Wraparound artwork or minimal logo coverage. Depending on your brand’s needs, we offer full wraparound or selective artwork placement.
  • On-package product information. Print SKUs, UPCs, and other product information directly on the packaging for smart fulfillment.

Our Manufacturing Expertise

At Printex Transparent Packaging, we continually invest in state-of-the-art technology to deliver cylindrical tube packaging solutions that meet or exceed our customers’ design and budgetary requirements.

To create high-quality plastic tube packaging, we employ advanced processes, which involve specialized melting, forming, and cooling of PET resin into a tube shape. We tightly control each step of the process to maximize tensile strength, optical clarity, and thickness uniformity. Our lower cooling rates, for example, contribute to greater transparency and gloss.

Request a Quote for Custom Clear Tube Packaging

As a leading North American manufacturer of custom clear tube packaging solutions, Printex Transparent Packaging has the necessary in-house capabilities and expertise to deliver top-quality, functional packaging. We assist customers throughout the entire manufacturing process, from concept and design to final delivery.

Contact us to explore design options, or request a quote for your clear plastic tube packaging solution.

  • Eco-PET Series can help your company meet its Sustainability goals for 2025 and onwards!

    Our new Eco-PET Series is made from 25% or 50% or 100% Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) PET and it is Recycled and Manufactured domestically here in North America. We are North America’s largest clear folding box manufacturer and the largest to use 100% PCR PET made domestically, here in the United States. Our new Eco-PET Series is made in America and is manufactured into clear folding boxes at both our locations in North America.

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  • Clear Folding Boxes and Cartons

    Printex Transparent Packaging manufacturers custom clear box packaging to make any product dramatically stand out on the shelf. Custom designed packaging in unlimited box styles and semi rigid bag configurations! We create all types of clear plastic cartons and boxes for a variety of industries. Offering a full range of decoration options for your package design including offset print, silk screen print, embossing, hot stamping, foil stamping and even a custom fragrance to your packaging! As a full-service shop, we can design your clear plastic packaging boxes from start to finish.

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    Perfume Bottle Packaging
  • Window Boxes

    A duo-carton utilizing foil laminated SBS paperboard attached to clear PET plastic. This vibrant package attracts the eye with its foil accents on the SBS as well as on the clear window area. This window box has opaque as well as translucent print. The PET Plastic part of the box is made from post-consumer recycled material. Recycled water bottles given a new useful life instead of going to land fill.

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    PET clear packaging
  • Clear Tube Packaging

    Don’t hide what’s inside! Clear plastic tubes and cylinders give products high visibility. Opaque and translucent print showcase eye-catching graphics and brand information while Clear PET brings the product closer to the consumer. This clear plastic tube packaging ships flat for efficient transport and storage until filled with product.

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  • Clear boxes for Automated Assembly

    PET carton erecting made simple with clear printed boxes made for automated assembly. Talk to us about your RF scoring requirements for automated packaging. PRINTEX TRANSPARENT PACKAGING has been using RF technology for over 30 years and is constantly updating both our understanding of the process and the machinery that makes the best use of its capabilities.

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  • Clip Strips and Gravity Feeders

    Semi-permanent Point-of-purchase (POP) displays give manufacturers a distinct advantage in the market. PRINTEX TRANSPARENT PACKAGING uses semi rigid plastics to create sturdy and attention-commanding displays that truly present your product in the best light. Ask us about, gravity feeds, DVD displays, brochure pockets, clip strips, shelf flags, neckhangers and on-pack bonus packaging.

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Additional Capabilities

Sustainable Design

Sustainable Design

Helps reduce waste, improve recyclability, and minimize material use, all without compromising visual impact.

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Design Services

Design Services

PTP offers in-house dieline and artwork development, including RF Services, 4-Color Process Printing, Embossing, Silk Screen Printing, Hot Foil Stamping & Cold Foil Printing

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Co Packaging

Co-Packaging

PTP can assemble or package finished goods in-house for retail readiness.

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Prototyping

Prototyping

Quick turnaround samples to test structure, fit, and print before full production.

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Plastic Die Cutting

Plastic Die Cutting

Achieve clean, custom-shaped clear packaging via in-house die cutting.

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