Multi-pack

Multi-packs can be used to: • Combine several items for a larger unit of sale, often with a reduced individual cost • Provide a package handle to conveniently carry several items • Help prevent package pilferage • Provide a tamper indicating seal • Reduce environmental impact of secondary packaging • Keep items clean • Obscure the bar codes on the individual combined items and provide a new one for the multi-pack ==Methods==

A wide variety of materials and procedures are available to combine items or packages into a multi-pack. This can include shrink film, pressure sensitive tape, paper overwrap, adhesives, paperboard carriers, plastic clips, etc. ==Beverages==

Beverage cans and bottles are sold in multi-packs such as six-packs, twelve-packs, and cases of 24. 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 File:12 pack of tissue.jpg|Shrink wrap used to form a 12-pack of cartons of tissue File:PakTechTK.jpg|Clip used to join two spray bottles and provide a handle File:Shrink-wrapping machine by OCME S.r.L.jpg|Shrink film wrap being applied to beverage bottles File:Water bottles with tape handle.png|Six water bottles in shrink wrap with tape handle. ==See also==