NAKED COLLATION PACKAGE (EMBODIMENTS) AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF A NAKED COLLATION PACKAGE (EMBODIMENTS)

摘要

A naked collation package (1, 21, 31, 41, 51) comprising a plurality of individual units (2, 32, 52) laid end-to-end or side-by-side to form a unit row comprising at least one interface (3, 33, 63) between a neighboring pair of individual units in the unit row; the unit row being overwrapped with a sheet of polymeric film having' a length and a width; the length of the sheet being sufficient to envelop the unit row with sufficient overlap between the ends of the sheet to provide an overlap region for providing a girth seal along at least part of the length of the unit row, the sheet being sealed to itself in that region to provide the girth seal; the width of the sheet being: longer than the unit row to provide an envelope seal region in at least one end of the unit row, the sheet being folded and sealed to itself in that region to provide the envelope seal; or not substantially longer than the unit row; the sheet being provided along its length, or part or parts of it, with a line of weakness (6, 36, 56) positioned in substantial register with the interface.