This packaging machine consists of two bagging tables and a horizontal closing device arranged at right angles. Rollers and the compact design make this closing machine flexible, usable in any location. All drive elements are directly accessible simply by opening the machine doors. The bags are opened using the bagging tables. Various products, such as whole loaves or sliced loaves of bread, can be easily inserted by hand and placed on the transversely positioned product conveyor belt. Brushes align the filled bag for optimum packaging results. The filled bags are automatically transported to the closing station. An integrated vacuum device sucks excess air out of the bag before it is closed.