Abstract: The invention discloses a line-combiner apparatus for receiving two lines of packages in a production line, such as six or eight packs of containers filled with a beer or beverage product, and combining them into a single line of packages without interference and at rates on the order of 200 pieces per minute. The packs delivered from two wrap machines are carried by separate infeed conveyors in the initial section of the apparatus driven at a speed to randomly space packages in each of the lines. The second section of the apparatus includes individual chains engaging the bottom of packages of each line and the chains each have spring-loaded fingers spaced therealong which protrude in the plane of the packages at predetermined spacings. The finger-carrying chains running at the same speed have their fingers 180.degree. out of phase with each other so that the fingers are alternately spaced (staggered).