The OPTIMA OS5 bag packer and packaging machine offers a new method for packaging tissue paper into either polyethylene bags or polyethylene film with the integration of reasonable product compression during the packaging process. The final packed product comes out as a nice, tight, compact package which is easy to palletize. Carton boxes for the secondary packaging are not needed anymore. The press capacity allows perfectly adapted product compression without any quality deficits. Due to the tight and compact film package, the number of truck loads required for transporting only the packaging material is significantly reduced as well as for the transport of the final package. Altogether, the new packaging method gives a high potential in cost saving on packaging material warehouse storage, shelf space and logisitcs and it is environtmentally friendly.