Abstract: A packaging machine for boxing products that are brought together to form a group in a box includes a first conveyor device on which the products are conveyed to a collection station, and a second conveyor device by which the box, which is provided in a loading station to be filled with products, is conveyed away after being filled. A collection table is provided on which the groups are brought together, and an insert tool arranged above the collection table and loading station and which grasps a group brought together on the collection table and inserts them into a box provided in the loading station. The collection table is provided between first and second conveyor devices, and a stop, a clamp and a slider are provided such that the products are conveyed from the first conveyor device towards the stop and a defined number of products then move together.