Process for packaging containers in shipping cartons

A method for packing containers, in particular bottles, in transport boxes having base flaps, comprising the steps of

• releasably fastening flat-lying multi-piece packagings (1) having bases (12) to the inside of flat-lying transport boxes (60), the multi-piece packaging additionally having end-face side walls, transverse webs, and at least one longitudinal web,
• setting up the transport boxes (60) and the multi-piece packagings (1) contained therein by folding the multi-piece packagings end-face side walls (15, 17) and the multi-piece packagings transverse webs (33 to 36) from a longitudinal web (24, 25) and moving their longitudinal side walls (10, 11) out of contact with the longitudinal web (24, 25) whilst forming receivers open at the top, thereby automatically closing the bases (12) of the multi-piece packagings (1) and of the transport box (60) by folding the base flaps of the multi-piece packagings and transport box together along fold lines, and then pressing together a middle fold line (74, 75), and thereby folding open the base flaps (66,67) which are hinged on oppositely lying side walls (10,11) of the packagings and transport boxes,
• inserting containers (80) through openings (81) of the set-up transport boxes (60) into receivers of the multi-piece packagings (1) and
• closing the openings (81) of the transport boxes (60).