The present invention relates to a process and a device for manufacturing and filling bags that are provided with grip holes and that are formed from tubular material. In known processes these grip holes are inserted into the material before it is wound up into rolls. This process step increases the expenses of the manufacturing and filling of bags provided with grip holes. The objective of the present invention is to propose a process and a device using which bags provided with grip holes can be manufactured and filled more cost-effectively. The present invention is characterized in that, the tubular material (4) is unwound by an unwinding device (2, 3, 5) and fed to a bag-forming device (1) and that the unwound, tubular material (4) or the bags (27) are provided with grip holes (43) in the bag forming device (1).