A roll making apparatus comprising a frame with - a feed conveyor for advancing a length of a web, or interleaved sections of a length of a web, to be wound-up as a roll, - a subsection (20") with: - a first spindle support (21") mounted to rotate and carrying a plurality of parallel elongated spindles (30, 31, 32, 33), each spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) mounted to rotate relative to said first spindle support (21"), for winding up thereon said length of a web, or interleaved sections of a length of a web, - - said rotation of said first spindle support (21") and of said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) being about a respective axis perpendicular to, or essentially perpendicular to, said advancing, - said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) being movable between a retracted position, with a respective distal end (30', 31', 32', 33') thereof closer to said first spindle support (21"), and an extended position, - a roll engaging face configured to engage a roll carried by a spindle (30, 31, 32, 33), upon said spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) carrying said roll moving to said retracted position, to move said roll relative to said spindle (30, 31, 32, 33), and - a gripping device or a discharge conveyor, such as a chute or belt conveyor, for moving and/or conveying rolls discharged from said spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) upon said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) moving to said retracted position characterised in - said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) having along the length thereof apertures for pressurized air exit and/or for applying a vacuum. - a feed conveyor for advancing a length of a web, or interleaved sections of a length of a web, to be wound-up as a roll, - a subsection (20") with: - a first spindle support (21") mounted to rotate and carrying a plurality of parallel elongated spindles (30, 31, 32, 33), each spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) mounted to rotate relative to said first spindle support (21"), for winding up thereon said length of a web, or interleaved sections of a length of a web, - a first spindle support (21") mounted to rotate and carrying a plurality of parallel elongated spindles (30, 31, 32, 33), each spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) mounted to rotate relative to said first spindle support (21"), for winding up thereon said length of a web, or interleaved sections of a length of a web, - - said rotation of said first spindle support (21") and of said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) being about a respective axis perpendicular to, or essentially perpendicular to, said advancing, - said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) being movable between a retracted position, with a respective distal end (30', 31', 32', 33') thereof closer to said first spindle support (21"), and an extended position, - a roll engaging face configured to engage a roll carried by a spindle (30, 31, 32, 33), upon said spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) carrying said roll moving to said retracted position, to move said roll relative to said spindle (30, 31, 32, 33), and - a gripping device or a discharge conveyor, such as a chute or belt conveyor, for moving and/or conveying rolls discharged from said spindle (30, 31, 32, 33) upon said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) moving to said retracted position - said spindles (30, 31, 32, 33) having along the length thereof apertures for pressurized air exit and/or for applying a vacuum.