Pack made from thin packaging material and process for the production of said pack

A bundle pack comprising a group of individual cigarette packs (10), and an outer wrapping (14) made from thin packaging material and enwrapping said group of individual cigarette packs (10), said cigarette packs having large front and rear walls, narrow side faces (11), and small end faces (12) and bottom faces (13), wherein:

• said, cigarette packs (10) are arranged in two rows of five cigarette packs each come to rest in the bundle pack, the cigarette packs (10) resting next to one another with the large front walls or rear walls and, within the same row, with the narrow side faces (11), and the cigarette packs have 2.times.5=10 end faces (12) or bottom faces (13) facing towards the bundle pack,
• b) the outer wrapping (14) has a side wall (20) containing a plurality of windows (19) functioning as means through which markings or stamps may be affixed on the end (12) or bottom (13) faces which come to rest adjacent said side wall (20) of the outer wrapping (14);
• c) the plurality of windows (19) are punched out in a region of the side wall (20) and are delimited from one another by only four transverse parallel webs (22) of the packaging material, the transverse webs (22) extending transversely relative to the side wall and thus transversely over both said rows of cigarette packs;
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• d) tear-resistant reinforcing strips (15 to 18) are connected to the outer wrapping (14) along the transverse webs (22), so that the outer wrapping (14) consists of the packaging material and the reinforcing strips (15 to 18) in the region of the transverse webs.