PURPOSE: To enable continuous packaging by a method wherein, when an article is compressed in an accumulation packaging process for article, rupture and damage of the article can be prevented.

CONSTITUTION: In a compression packaging device 1 provided with a holding unit 4 for holding article, a compression unit 2 provided in the holding unit 4 for compressing an article held on the unit 4, an article feed station 5 for transferring article to the unit 4, and a packaging unit 6 connected to the unit 4 for totally packaging a plurality of compressed articles in a packaging bag, said holding unit 4 includes a boring unit 7 for forming an opening 24 in an article 3a to allow air in the article to be discharged when the article 3a is compressed.