Method for forming pairs of packs

Method for forming pairs of packs, comprising:

• providing a supply of individual packs;
• arranging a first pack in a vertical transport device;
• arranging a second pack in the vertical transport device, thereby arranging the second pack vertically spaced from the first pack in the vertical transport device such that there is a gap between the first pack and the second pack in a vertical direction;
• vertically transporting the first pack and the second pack in the vertical transport device;
• then
• simultaneously pushing the first pack and the second packs as a pair of packs out of the vertical transport device and into a receiving device being a horizontal transport device horizontally transporting the pair of packs, wherein the first and second packs are transferred in a vertically spaced manner as the pair of packs with the gap therebetween to the receiving device and are arranged in a vertically spaced manner with the gap therebetween in the receiving device.