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The tube: top quality packaging made in Europe

The member companies of etma, the European Tube Manufacturers Association , produce about eleven billion tubes a year. In an increasingly difficult economic environment, the tube’s growth has been moderate but continuous – and not without good reason.

The tube is the ideal form of packaging for semi-solid contents. Thanks to the materials and material combinations used it offers a barely attainable range of benefits: the highest standards of hygiene, excellent barrier properties, outstanding product protection, virtually unlimited design opportunities, real consumer benefits, and trend-setting environmental sustainability – and always in top quality.

The etma member companies play a decisive role here. They represent about 75 per cent of European tube production and are world leaders with regard to quality standards.

Welcome to our website, which contains the most important facts about the tube!