Hand Cream Tube Filling
Hand cream is the tube product more brands launch with than almost any other — and the one we fill week in, week out. We Fill Tubes fills hand creams in plastic and laminate tubes from travel minis to full retail sizes, with no minimum order quantity.
The standard sizes, and everything around them
Most retail hand creams ship in 25mm to 35mm tubes — roughly 1oz to 3.4oz — sized for a handbag, a desk drawer or a checkout counter. Our tooling runs 16mm to 50mm, so the mini for a gift set, the standard retail tube and the large salon size all run here, in fills from 0.25oz to 11oz.
Plastic or laminate?
Most hand creams run in plastic (PE or PCR) tubes and do beautifully. Formulas built on fragrance, essential oils or rich actives sometimes step up to laminate for its barrier — the foil or plastic barrier layer slows what's lost through the tube wall. If you're deciding, our laminate tube filling page explains the difference, and we'll give you an honest read on your formula.
Launches, gift sets and subscriptions
Hand cream is gift-set and subscription-box native — small, shippable, universally used. We fill launch runs with no minimum, pack variety sets to your spec, and welcome subscription box orders on deadline (our company started with one). Standard turnaround is about a week.
Retail-ready pack-out
Lot coding, cartoning into your secondary boxes, internal inserts, stickering and master cases — the pack-out that takes a filled tube to a shelf-ready product is all done here, under an ISO 9001 and ISO 22716 quality system.
Frequently asked questions
What size tubes do hand creams usually come in?
Do you fill hand cream for small or new brands?
Should my hand cream go in a plastic or laminate tube?
Can you pack hand creams into gift sets?
What does hand cream filling cost?
Ready to get your tubes moving?
Send your tube size, quantity, product type and ideal timing. We’ll help you map the fastest route to production.