Package for stick electrodes

A package of a compacted stack of stick electrodes, said package comprising a plurality of electrodes each having a center wire with an exposed shaft on one end and together forming a stack of electrodes, said stack having a given length and being generally rectangular in cross-section with a cross-sectional width of over four electrodes between a first and second side of said stack and a cross-sectional height of at least two electrodes between said sides, said package further comprises a thin metal foil encapsulating said stack with at least one axial seam and two end closures, one of said end closures including a generally flat end portion extending from said stack and terminating in a sealed section of said metal foil spaced outwardly from said stack, said flat end portion including a structure to open said package for access to said stack, said package further including an outer box having walls which form an internal cavity generally matching the shape of said package and an openable end for removal of said package in an axial direction, the package further including a pair of two layer wings extending axially along said foil and outwardly from the opposing sides of said foil, at least one of said wings engaging at least one of said walls and thereby forming a gap between said stack and said box, wherein said foil is a single sheet and only one of said wings define said seam.