Device and method for forming packaging units

An apparatus for producing bundles of containers from containers that are provided by a container input, wherein the container input that provides said containers to be bundled comprises a structure selected from the group consisting of a single track container feed, a multiple track container feed, a single track container stream, and a multiple track container stream, wherein containers that arrive on said container input have an arbitrary orientation with respect to a container structure, wherein said container structure is selected from the group consisting of a container feature and a configuration feature of said container, wherein a grouping structure partitions and compresses a predetermined number of containers, wherein said grouping structure is selected from the group consisting of a partitioning unit, a compressing unit, a partitioning section, and a compressing section, wherein said predetermined number of containers are at least one of compressed and formed into at least one of container groups and partial bundles that are formed and subsequently combined into a subsequent bundle, wherein application elements are provided by way of which a substance can be applied on at least one contact surface of at least one of said containers of said subsequent bundle of containers, wherein said substance is selected from the group consisting of an adhesive agent and an adhesive agent application, wherein said apparatus comprises a plurality of infinitely revolving single-station conveyor elements, an adjustment element, a transporter for transporting in a transport direction, an alignment section, and a controllable rotation element, wherein said alignment section is a constituent of said transporter, wherein said controllable rotation element is a constituent of said transporter, wherein said infinitely revolving single-station conveyor elements are constituents of said alignment section, wherein said infinitely revolving single-station conveyor elements are drivable in said transport direction, and wherein said adjustment element is arranged in said alignment section, wherein said adjustment element is capable of being actuated, wherein said controllable rotation element interacts with said adjustment element, and wherein said grouping structure is downstream of said alignment section.