Everything upstream — making, packing, wrapping — exists to produce a single sealed pack. The last few metres of the line decide how those packs leave the building: grouped into a retail carton, or collated into a distribution bundle. They sound similar; they're not. Choosing the wrong one quietly adds cost to every case you ship.
Cartoning builds the box your customer sees. Bundling builds the parcel your logistics team handles.
Cartoning vs bundling — the real difference
- Cartoning groups individual packs into a folding carton — a defined, often retail-facing unit (think a carton of ten cigarette packs). It's about presentation and a fixed pack count.
- Bundling collates finished units into a wrapped parcel for transport and handling — the last automated step before palletizing. It's about logistics, not the shelf.
Most lines need both, in sequence: carton the packs, then bundle the cartons. The machines that do each are tuned for very different jobs — which is exactly why MOI builds distinct machines for them.
CM-40 — robust glue cartoning
The CM-40 is a glue cartoning machine for hinge-lid (HLP) or soft-pack cigarette packets, building pre-cut mono cartons at a steady production rate.
| Output | 32–35 cartons per minute |
|---|---|
| Products | Hinge-Lid (HLP) or soft-pack packets |
| Carton | Pre-cut mono cartons (200–220 GSM) |
| Carton range | L 250–520 · W 65–125 · H 45–60 mm (±1 mm) |
| Power / footprint | 2.5 kW · 2100 × 1350 × 1800 mm · ~850 kg |
CM-60 — cartoning built around the bundle
The CM-60 packs 10 cigarette packets per carton, running 30–40 bundles per minute. Where the CM-40 is a general HLP/soft-pack cartoner, the CM-60 is tuned to a specific, repeatable bundle format with a tight cigarette-size window.
| Output | 30–40 bundles per minute |
|---|---|
| Product | 10 packets per carton (HLP or soft pack) |
| Cigarette length | 46–85 mm |
| Cigarette diameter | 6.4–9.5 mm |
| Carton size (max) | 290 × 103 × 48 mm |
| Power / weight | 1.5 kW · ~750 kg |
COPAR — collating & parcel bundling
The COPAR is the true end-of-line machine: it collates finished units into a group, wraps it, and discharges a distribution-ready bundle — the last automated step before palletizing.
| Output | Up to 15 bundles per minute |
|---|---|
| Bundle size (max) | 375×180×100 mm or 410×180×75 mm |
| Materials | Paper, BOPP |
| Reel | Max width 510 mm · max dia 500 mm |
| Power / weight | 1.5 kW · ~750 kg |
Putting it together
A complete end-of-line often runs cartoning into bundling: the CM-40 or CM-60 forms the cartons, and the COPAR collates and wraps them into distribution parcels. The art is matching rates so nothing starves or backs up — and choosing the carton and bundle formats that your retail and logistics chains actually want. Specify those, and the last few metres of your line stop being an afterthought and start saving money on every case.