Abstract: Process and apparatus for handling flexible film packs (10), namely transporting them and introducing them into a folding box (12), having a lifting head (17) which grips a group of packs (13) on the top side by suction. The lifting head (17) is part of a lifting conveyer (16) and is connected, via a suction line (28), to a vacuum suction fan (31) which, with high delivery capacity, produces a slight suction action, such that the group of packs (13) is deformed in a wedge-shaped manner, that is to say such that it converges in the downward direction, and is thus introduced into the open folding box (12).