A clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, by filing a flowable filling material into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and closing said packaging casing by a closure means, like a closure clip, the clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding the filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and closed at its first end; gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto; a clipping device having a first closing tool and a second closing tool, at least one of which being reversibly movable between an opened position and a closed position, wherein at least the second closing tool comprises a die configured to receive at least one closure means, and wherein the closing tools (22, 24) are configured to apply the at least one closure means to the plait-like portion and to close said closure means when the closing tools (22, 24) are brought into their closed position; and a feeding device for suspension elements configured to feed suspension elements attached to a carrier strip to a delivery position and to place a first section of a suspension element within the closure means positioned on the die of the second closing tool; wherein the feeding device further comprises a guiding device configured to guide the suspension element close to the carrier strip while the suspension element is pulled off and detached from the carrier strip by a relative movement between the second clipping tool and the feeding device; characterized by a holding device attached to the second closing tool and configured to releasably receive and hold a second section of the suspension element when detached from the carrier strip. a filling tube for feeding the filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and closed at its first end; gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto; a clipping device having a first closing tool and a second closing tool, at least one of which being reversibly movable between an opened position and a closed position, wherein at least the second closing tool comprises a die configured to receive at least one closure means, and wherein the closing tools (22, 24) are configured to apply the at least one closure means to the plait-like portion and to close said closure means when the closing tools (22, 24) are brought into their closed position; and a feeding device for suspension elements configured to feed suspension elements attached to a carrier strip to a delivery position and to place a first section of a suspension element within the closure means positioned on the die of the second closing tool; wherein the feeding device further comprises a guiding device configured to guide the suspension element close to the carrier strip while the suspension element is pulled off and detached from the carrier strip by a relative movement between the second clipping tool and the feeding device; characterized by a holding device attached to the second closing tool and configured to releasably receive and hold a second section of the suspension element when detached from the carrier strip.