Product packaging machine

A packaging machine, configured to package a bulk product, comprising:

• a carrier,
• at least one assembly of receiving boxes, the receiving boxes of said assembly being connected to the carrier and moved successively therefrom in a feed direction along a preset operating path,
• at least one forming apparatus positioned along the operating path and configured to form open packets of product and release them into the receiving boxes, and
• at least one sealing apparatus, positioned along the operating path downstream of the forming apparatus with respect to a travel direction along a feed direction imposed on the packets by the carrier, which is adapted to vacuum-seal the packets brought by the receiving boxes,
• wherein said assembly of receiving boxes overall provides a plurality of receiving seats each of which is individually adapted to receive a respective packet of product, of which at least one plurality of first seats placed one after the other along the feed direction and a plurality of second seats placed one after the other along the feed direction, each first seat being flanked by a respective second seat with respect to a flanking direction orthogonal to the feed direction.