

The global Cardboard Core market size is predicted to grow from US$ 1003 million in 2025 to US$ 1346 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.0% from 2025 to 2031.
The impact of the latest U.S. tariff measures and the corresponding policy responses from countries worldwide on market competitiveness, regional economic performance, and supply chain configurations will be comprehensively evaluated in this report.
Cardboard core refers to a cylindrical structure made of pulp or recycled fiber by pressing, winding and other processes, mainly used for winding support and transportation protection of industrial coils (such as plastic film, printing paper, textiles, etc.).
Market Concentration and Key Players:
Internationally, the market concentration of paperboard core is relatively high, mainly concentrated on Europe, America and other developed countries. For example, Tubitex, Paul & Co and other large manufacturers; from the domestic point of view, cardboard core still has a large development space.
Manufacturing Processes and Market Trends:
The paperboard core takes corrugated board or solid fiberboard as the core base material, and is pressed and wound by steam heating single-sided corrugating machine. The key process includes high-temperature steam shaping of the base material to improve the compressive strength and humidity tolerance; the composite PE coating realizes waterproof, and the ESD layer antistatic or flame-retardant coating is added to meet special requirements; the lightweight design adopts BC double corrugated structure, which reduces the weight by 30% and improves the compressive strength.
The Asia-Pacific region dominates the global production capacity, with China accounting for a key share in 2024. Before 2031, the compound growth rate of China's market will take the lead, and the demand of Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia will rise simultaneously; Consumption upgrading promotes the sharp increase in demand for food-grade white cardboard core and anti-static core tube in electronic industry; Green transformation accelerates, the utilization rate of recycled pulp is>85%, and EU Directive 94/62/EC promotes the popularization of environmental protection materials; Intelligent manufacturing integrates RFID tags to realize the whole life cycle tracking of coiled materials and improve the transparency of supply chain.
The “Cardboard Core Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Cardboard Core sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Cardboard Core sales for 2025 through 2031. With Cardboard Core sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Cardboard Core industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Cardboard Core landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Cardboard Core portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Cardboard Core market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Cardboard Core and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Cardboard Core.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Cardboard Core market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Below 100 mm
100 - 500mm
500 to 1000mm
Above 1000 mm
Segmentation by Application:
Plastic Film Manufacturing
Agriculture and Greenhouse
Electronic Packaging
Food Packaging
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Tubitex
Paul & Co
Signode
Herbster Hülsen
Solidus
Erdie Industries
Abzac
Spiralpack(Arteche)
Universal-UniPacK
Sonoco
Greif
Transpack
ENR
Tubos Esbert SA
Tubopack
Inter-Pack
Corex
Forestry Suppliers
Pacific Paper Tube
Merrimac Spool & Reel
Chicago Mailing Tube
Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc.
Ace Paper Tube
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Cardboard Core market?
What factors are driving Cardboard Core market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Cardboard Core market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Cardboard Core break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Cardboard Core Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Cardboard Core by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Cardboard Core by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Cardboard Core Segment by Type
2.2.1 Below 100 mm
2.2.2 17 - 500mm
2.2.3 18 to 1000mm
2.2.4 Above 1000 mm
2.3 Cardboard Core Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Cardboard Core Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Cardboard Core Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Cardboard Core Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Cardboard Core Segment by Application
2.4.1 Plastic Film Manufacturing
2.4.2 Agriculture and Greenhouse
2.4.3 Electronic Packaging
2.4.4 Food Packaging
2.4.5 Others
2.5 Cardboard Core Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Cardboard Core Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Cardboard Core Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Cardboard Core Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Cardboard Core Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Cardboard Core Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Cardboard Core Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Cardboard Core Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Cardboard Core Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Cardboard Core Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Cardboard Core Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Cardboard Core Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Cardboard Core Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Cardboard Core Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Cardboard Core by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Cardboard Core Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Cardboard Core Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Cardboard Core Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Cardboard Core Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Cardboard Core Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Cardboard Core Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Cardboard Core Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Cardboard Core Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Cardboard Core Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Cardboard Core Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Cardboard Core Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Cardboard Core Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Cardboard Core Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Cardboard Core Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Cardboard Core Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Cardboard Core Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Cardboard Core Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Cardboard Core Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Cardboard Core Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Cardboard Core Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Cardboard Core by Country
7.1.1 Europe Cardboard Core Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Cardboard Core Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Cardboard Core Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Cardboard Core Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Cardboard Core by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Cardboard Core Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Cardboard Core Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Cardboard Core Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Cardboard Core Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Cardboard Core
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Cardboard Core
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Cardboard Core
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Cardboard Core Distributors
11.3 Cardboard Core Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Cardboard Core by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Cardboard Core Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Cardboard Core Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Cardboard Core Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Cardboard Core Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Cardboard Core Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Tubitex
13.1.1 Tubitex Company Information
13.1.2 Tubitex Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Tubitex Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Tubitex Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Tubitex Latest Developments
13.2 Paul & Co
13.2.1 Paul & Co Company Information
13.2.2 Paul & Co Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Paul & Co Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Paul & Co Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Paul & Co Latest Developments
13.3 Signode
13.3.1 Signode Company Information
13.3.2 Signode Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Signode Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Signode Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Signode Latest Developments
13.4 Herbster Hülsen
13.4.1 Herbster Hülsen Company Information
13.4.2 Herbster Hülsen Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Herbster Hülsen Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Herbster Hülsen Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Herbster Hülsen Latest Developments
13.5 Solidus
13.5.1 Solidus Company Information
13.5.2 Solidus Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Solidus Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Solidus Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Solidus Latest Developments
13.6 Erdie Industries
13.6.1 Erdie Industries Company Information
13.6.2 Erdie Industries Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Erdie Industries Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Erdie Industries Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Erdie Industries Latest Developments
13.7 Abzac
13.7.1 Abzac Company Information
13.7.2 Abzac Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Abzac Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Abzac Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Abzac Latest Developments
13.8 Spiralpack(Arteche)
13.8.1 Spiralpack(Arteche) Company Information
13.8.2 Spiralpack(Arteche) Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Spiralpack(Arteche) Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Spiralpack(Arteche) Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Spiralpack(Arteche) Latest Developments
13.9 Universal-UniPacK
13.9.1 Universal-UniPacK Company Information
13.9.2 Universal-UniPacK Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Universal-UniPacK Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Universal-UniPacK Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Universal-UniPacK Latest Developments
13.10 Sonoco
13.10.1 Sonoco Company Information
13.10.2 Sonoco Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Sonoco Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Sonoco Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Sonoco Latest Developments
13.11 Greif
13.11.1 Greif Company Information
13.11.2 Greif Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Greif Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Greif Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Greif Latest Developments
13.12 Transpack
13.12.1 Transpack Company Information
13.12.2 Transpack Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Transpack Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Transpack Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Transpack Latest Developments
13.13 ENR
13.13.1 ENR Company Information
13.13.2 ENR Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 ENR Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 ENR Main Business Overview
13.13.5 ENR Latest Developments
13.14 Tubos Esbert SA
13.14.1 Tubos Esbert SA Company Information
13.14.2 Tubos Esbert SA Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Tubos Esbert SA Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Tubos Esbert SA Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Tubos Esbert SA Latest Developments
13.15 Tubopack
13.15.1 Tubopack Company Information
13.15.2 Tubopack Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 Tubopack Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 Tubopack Main Business Overview
13.15.5 Tubopack Latest Developments
13.16 Inter-Pack
13.16.1 Inter-Pack Company Information
13.16.2 Inter-Pack Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.16.3 Inter-Pack Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.16.4 Inter-Pack Main Business Overview
13.16.5 Inter-Pack Latest Developments
13.17 Corex
13.17.1 Corex Company Information
13.17.2 Corex Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.17.3 Corex Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.17.4 Corex Main Business Overview
13.17.5 Corex Latest Developments
13.18 Forestry Suppliers
13.18.1 Forestry Suppliers Company Information
13.18.2 Forestry Suppliers Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.18.3 Forestry Suppliers Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.18.4 Forestry Suppliers Main Business Overview
13.18.5 Forestry Suppliers Latest Developments
13.19 Pacific Paper Tube
13.19.1 Pacific Paper Tube Company Information
13.19.2 Pacific Paper Tube Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.19.3 Pacific Paper Tube Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.19.4 Pacific Paper Tube Main Business Overview
13.19.5 Pacific Paper Tube Latest Developments
13.20 Merrimac Spool & Reel
13.20.1 Merrimac Spool & Reel Company Information
13.20.2 Merrimac Spool & Reel Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.20.3 Merrimac Spool & Reel Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.20.4 Merrimac Spool & Reel Main Business Overview
13.20.5 Merrimac Spool & Reel Latest Developments
13.21 Chicago Mailing Tube
13.21.1 Chicago Mailing Tube Company Information
13.21.2 Chicago Mailing Tube Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.21.3 Chicago Mailing Tube Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.21.4 Chicago Mailing Tube Main Business Overview
13.21.5 Chicago Mailing Tube Latest Developments
13.22 Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc.
13.22.1 Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc. Company Information
13.22.2 Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc. Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.22.3 Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc. Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.22.4 Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc. Main Business Overview
13.22.5 Marshall Paper Tube Co., Inc. Latest Developments
13.23 Ace Paper Tube
13.23.1 Ace Paper Tube Company Information
13.23.2 Ace Paper Tube Cardboard Core Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.23.3 Ace Paper Tube Cardboard Core Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.23.4 Ace Paper Tube Main Business Overview
13.23.5 Ace Paper Tube Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.