System and method for handling packaging units, and manipulator unit

A system for handling packaging units, comprising:

• a pallet supporter configured for supporting at least one pallet;
• a package feeding track for feeding the packaging units towards a first area next to the pallet supporter;
• a box feeding track for feeding empty packaging boxes towards a second area next to the pallet supporter, wherein the empty boxes receive a stack of the packaging units;
• and
• a manipulator unit configured to move an empty packaging box from the box feeding track onto a pallet supported by the pallet supporter, wherein the manipulator unit is also configured to move the packaging units into the packaging box supported on the pallet supported by the pallet supporter, the manipulation unit having a gripper head, the gripper head including a suction gripper configured for releasingly holding the empty box by a single side wall of the box and spaced apart gripper plates configured for releasably holding the packaging units, and wherein the gripper head is configured to simultaneously hold an empty packaging box and at least one packaging unit.