The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for producing multipacks (2) with containers (3), wherein a stream of containers, after passing a container-handling installation (4), is converted into a plurality of single-track streams of containers by being divided along separate passages, wherein the containers (3) are set down on passage belts (5), and with at least one compactor unit (10) for compacting a predetermined number of containers (3), and therefore compacted or shaped container groups or partial multipacks are formed and then combined in each case to form a subsequent multipack (2). It is proposed that the container-handling installation (4) have arranged downstream of it an electromagnetic linear transporter (5), on which movement elements (8) are arranged in a circulating manner, wherein the electromagnetic linear transporter (7) has arranged downstream of it at least one star-shaped discharge conveyor (9), onto which the containers (3) are transferred and, from here, set down onto the passage belts (5).