Packaging machine for producing a reclosable package for a product

A packaging machine for producing a reclosable package for a product from a bottom film (4), a cover film (11), and a closure strip (8) therebetween, comprising in the transport direction a forming station (5) for forming cavities (6) into said bottom film (4), a filling station, a station (9) for applying said closure strip (8) onto said bottom film (4), a first sealing station (13) for sealing said closure strip (8) onto said bottom film (4) and simultaneously sealing said cover film (11) along some of the sides and adjacent to said cavities (6) onto said bottom film (4), a second sealing station (14) for evacuating said cavities (6) and for sealing the cover film to said bottom film to seal those sides of said cavities which have not been sealed in the first sealing station (13), and in which said second sealing station also seals said cover film to said closure strip.