Chicago Mailing Tube

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Chicago, IL  |  312-243-6050

Chicago Mailing Tube (CMT) is an independent, family-owned company that started in 1902. We go above and beyond to provide the highest quality, efficient, effective and economical custom and standard mailing tubes and cores. CMT operates with all of our state-of-the-art machinery under one roof so we are able to provide exceptional, cost- efficient production capabilities to our customers and meet their 24-hour shipping deadlines. We even offer no minimum order to better accommodate our customer’s needs!

With CMT’s exceptional production technology, we create all cores to your specifications with smooth, clean Blade Cuts for multiple industries; imprint your core with a logo or order it plain. We also offer a variety of paper grades to give you the option of increasing strength without changing specifications, providing you with better performance on your cores. Along with our capability of customizing cores, we provide large-diameter cores, tape cores, kraft tubes, white tubes, Snap Loc/EZ Loc, color tubes, heavy-duty tubes and telescopic tubes. Whether you are looking for small cores, large cores, mailing tubes, spacers or protectors, CMT is proud to provide its customers with a product made from the highest quality materials, systematically checked multiple times to make sure it adheres to specified thickness and length tolerances.

We have our own fleet of trucks and an experienced shipping department to meet your delivery schedule and help reduce shipping costs. With over 100 years of shipping experience, we understand the importance of protecting the environment, we use 100% recycled paper and even shred our own scrap to bail and ship back to the paper mills for recycling. At CMT we have an extraordinary team of professionals waiting to help you with your production and shipping needs! Need a quote or just want more information? Visit our website or contact one of our friendly representatives.

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