The present invention, Ichijo or container supply section of the multi-start or Article or multi-start of the container flow between (4.1 and 4.2), rotates around a central axis, star-type conveyor at least one of (5) and a main star (12) has at least one application element (8) in the region of the star type conveyor (5), this applicator element, at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive or adhesive and / or at least one one of the adhesive agent coating unit or on the adhesive coating section of the container (3) or transverse applicable to the container flow vessel of the plurality of single-lane by line divided from a wide one container stream width (4.1 and 4.2) is changed to an apparatus for forming a bundle (2). At least one of the star-type conveyor (5) is provided for each of the container flow (4.1 and 4.2), each of the main star of each of the star-type conveyor (5) (12), container (3) with a lower guide (6) and / or the upper guide (7) multiple for, immediately after the main star (12) or the discharge device (13), a group of a predetermined number of containers (3) and grouping for compressing and temporarily pushing and / or compression unit or group and / or compression section (22) is provided, by this grouping and / or compression unit or group and / or compression section, the container (3) is gathered into a bundle downstream of the star type conveyor (5), is further conveyed.