Multi-pack

PakTech HDPE QuadPak handle for bottles

Six pack rings for beverage cans

Paperboard basket

Plastic six-pack carrier

A Multi-pack is packaging that combines or holds multiple items or smaller packages.

Functions

Multi-packs can be used to:

• Combine several items for a larger unit of sale, often with a reduced individual cost
• Provide convenience to carry several items
• Help prevent package pilferage
• Provide a tamper indicating seal
• Reduce environmental impact of secondary packaging ^[1]
• Keep items clean^[2]
• Obscure the bar codes on the individual combined items and provide a new one for the multi-pack
• etc

Beverages

Beverage cans and bottles are sold in mulit-packs such as six packs, twelve packs, and cases of 24.^[3] These can be paperboard baskets, paperboard overwraps and cartons, corrugated fiberboard boxes, HDPE plastic handles, six pack rings, and shrink packs.

Other uses

A wide variety of items and packages are combined into multi-packs for sale.

Gallery

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  HDPE handle used to bundle 3 plastic jars of jelly

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  Injection molded 'Can Carrier' used to multipack and stack beer cans

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  Shrink wrap used to form a 12-pack of cartons of tissue

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  PakTech TwinKlip used to join two spray bottles

See also

• Shrink wrap
• Plastic wrap
• Plastic bag

References