Label Cores and Their Promotional Uses
27/03/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as corporate identity, label cores, marketing, promotional uses, tapesHow label cores have a roll (sorry, ‘role’) to play in getting your brand across Everybody knows why Sellotape or Scotch Tape is Sellotape or Scotch Tape. Ultimately, the product is plain and simple sticky tape, which you can pick up in your local newsagent or a supermarket. They are brands to a point where […]
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21/03/2017 by rbm in category News tagged as architecture, cardboard bridge, cardboard tubes, convolute cores, France, Gardon River, Le Pont du Gard, Shigeru BanHow a cardboard bridge made of cardboard tubes has wowed visitors and got on well with its Roman neighbour nearby If you’re familiar with the south of France, you will have come across Le Pont du Gard. It is an iconic aqueduct which straddles the Gardon River. The structure dates from 50 AD, which makes […]
0 0 Read moreConvolute Cores Explained
14/03/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as characteristics, construction, convolute, convolute cores, cores, spiral woundHow convolute cores vary from spiral wound cores In the field of cardboard tubes and cores, there are two main varieties. The best known one, which we see in many bathrooms, is the spiral wound core of cardboard tube. You see them in use for toilet tissue and roll. They are suitable for lightweight use. […]
2 9 Read moreTeatime on a Table from Cardboard Tubes
09/03/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as brew, cardboard tubes, coffee tables, elevenses, lounge, Netflix and chill, receptionHow a glass topped table made from cardboard tubes could be a useful coffee table Of the simplest of pleasures in this technologically inclined age, there is nothing more fulfilling than a brew. It gives us some balance at work, or it’s the first thing you do on arrival at the hotel after checking in. […]
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01/03/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as benches, cardboard tubes, design, gardens, home, parksForget ugly plastic garden seating, cardboard tubes are the in-thing for this summer Today (not that you would have known given yesterday’s weather) is the first day of Spring. St. David’s Day. Also Ash Wednesday. It is that time of the year when our thoughts turn to lighter nights and barbecues. It’s nearly that time […]
0 19 Read moreCardboard Tubes & Cores Craft Ideas
21/02/2017 by rbm in category ProductsWhat is cardboard tubes & cores? Cardboard tubes & cores are different types of cardboard which have different usages. Cardboard tubes are used for posting items such as paper, curtain poles, posters, fabrics, textiles and much more. Cardboard tubes are known for being tough and keeping its shape in difficult environments. As they are used […]
0 10 Read moreTubes Will Help You Rest More Easily
21/02/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as cardboard, garden furniture, hammock, novel, relaxation, string, tubesHow cardboard tubes can make for good hammocks Summertime is so near yet so far away. If you have a garden, this means sunbathing on patio furniture. Or barbecues. Some of us prefer to have a hammock. Instead of loitering around Homebase on Stockport Road West, we were moved by this alternative. Rather than carting […]
0 19 Read moreAmazing Uses for Cardboard Tubes and Cores
21/02/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as cardboard, cores, rolls, romiley board mill, tubesRomiley Board Mill manufacture cardboard tubes and cores for a range of applications, supplied to a variety of different industries. You would be forgiven for thinking these products are just used to roll up carpets, tapes, labels, postal packaging, shrinkwrap or window blinds. If you’d thought you’ve seen it all when it comes to recycling […]
0 16 Read moreWhere There’s Cardboard Tubes, There’s Brass
14/02/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as art, cardboard tubes, crafts, eBay, salesCardboard tubes as a solid investment? Really? In an age where mobile phones are changed more often than football strips or underwear, many of us take for granted the other stuff we throw out. For instance, jam jars or the cardboard tubes in kitchen rolls or toilet tissues. Instead of chucking out our used packaging, […]
0 26 Read moreTurn Your IKEA Boxes to Cardboard Shelves
12/02/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as cardboard, drawers, projects, recycling, repurposing, shelves, shelvingVideo: how to reuse the Billy bookcase packaging as cardboard shelves Turning the box your bookcase came inside into cardboard shelves? Why didn’t we think of that one before? In this YouTube clip, we see how IKEA boxes are transformed into shelving space. Other furniture stores’ packaging can also be used. Using a Billy bookcase […]
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