Small batch tube filling

Small Batch Tube Filling — No Minimums

Most contract fillers publish minimums of 5,000 to 10,000 tubes. We Fill Tubes has none. Whether you're producing 250 tubes for a product launch or 250,000 for a national rollout, your run goes on the same equipment, under the same quality system, with the same care.

No minimum order. Ever.

A minimum order quantity exists to protect the filler's setup time, not your brand. We built our operation differently: changeovers are part of the work, so a short run isn't a favor — it's a normal day. There is no minimum order quantity at We Fill Tubes, and no tooling fee waiting on the other side of it. Your first production run can be exactly as small as your launch plan needs it to be.

Built for launches, tests and first runs

Small batches are where brands learn. A first run to test a market, a limited edition, a new shade or scent variant, a subscription box commitment, samples for retailers and PR — these are real production needs that big-minimum fillers turn away. We fill them the same way we fill everything: your tubes and bulk shipped to our New Jersey facility, filled, sealed, coded and packed to your specification.

Same facility, same standards

A small run doesn't mean a lesser run. Every job at We Fill Tubes runs in our ISO 9001 and ISO 22716 quality management system, in diameters from 16mm to 50mm, in plastic, laminate and aluminum tubes. The tube that goes to your first fifty customers is made to the same standard as the one that goes to your fifty-thousandth.

Small today, scaled tomorrow

When a launch takes off, the follow-up order doesn't start over with a new vendor. Your tooling, your pack-out spec and your product's filling behavior are already known here, so scaling from a test run to full production is a quantity change, not a new relationship. Standard turnaround is about one week, so a reorder can move as fast as your sales do.

Frequently asked questions

What is the minimum order quantity for tube filling at We Fill Tubes?
There isn't one. We Fill Tubes has no minimum order quantity — a run can be as small as a launch or test requires, and there are no tooling fees either.
Why do most tube fillers require large minimums?
Minimums protect the filler's setup and changeover time. Our operation is built around changeovers, so short runs are normal work for us rather than an exception we charge around.
Is small batch tube filling more expensive per tube?
Short runs carry the same setup work spread across fewer tubes, so the per-tube cost is higher than on a long production run — that's true at any filler. What we don't add are tooling fees or minimum-order surcharges. Our tube filling calculator can turn your specs into an estimated price in a few minutes.
What tube sizes and materials can I run in a small batch?
Any of them: plastic (PE and PCR), laminate (ABL and PBL) and aluminum tubes, in diameters from 16mm to 50mm and fill volumes from 0.25oz to 11oz.
How long does a small batch take?
Standard turnaround is about one week once your tubes, bulk and components are at our facility. Emergency turnaround is available when a launch date can't move.

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