A wrapping unit to fold a wrap around an article; the wrapping unit comprises: a wrapping conveyor, which is fed along a wrapping path and supports: at least one pocket, which is designed to contain the article partially wrapped in the wrap, and a seat, which is associated with the pocket, is arranged opposite the pocket, is designed to hold the sole wrap, and moves together with the pocket along the wrapping path; a first feeding station, where the wrap is fed to the seat; a second feeding station, which is arranged downstream of the first feeding station along the wrapping path and where the article is fed into the pocket together with the wrap previously arranged in the seat opposite the pocket; a pusher, which, in the second feeding station, rests against the article on the side opposite the wrap and pushes the article into the pocket together with wrap; and an accompanying device, which, in the second feeding station, rests against the wrap on the side opposite the article and accompanies the movement of the wrap towards the inside of the pocket clamping the wrap and the article together with the pusher; the wrapping unit is characterized in that it comprises a moving device, which is completely separate from and independent of the accompanying device and, in the second feeding station, at first moves the wrap away from the pocket, thus moving the wrap close to the article, before the article is pushed into the pocket together with the wrap. a wrapping conveyor, which is fed along a wrapping path and supports: at least one pocket, which is designed to contain the article partially wrapped in the wrap, and a seat, which is associated with the pocket, is arranged opposite the pocket, is designed to hold the sole wrap, and moves together with the pocket along the wrapping path; a first feeding station, where the wrap is fed to the seat; a second feeding station, which is arranged downstream of the first feeding station along the wrapping path and where the article is fed into the pocket together with the wrap previously arranged in the seat opposite the pocket; a pusher, which, in the second feeding station, rests against the article on the side opposite the wrap and pushes the article into the pocket together with wrap; and an accompanying device, which, in the second feeding station, rests against the wrap on the side opposite the article and accompanies the movement of the wrap towards the inside of the pocket clamping the wrap and the article together with the pusher; at least one pocket, which is designed to contain the article partially wrapped in the wrap, and a seat, which is associated with the pocket, is arranged opposite the pocket, is designed to hold the sole wrap, and moves together with the pocket along the wrapping path; a first feeding station, where the wrap is fed to the seat; a second feeding station, which is arranged downstream of the first feeding station along the wrapping path and where the article is fed into the pocket together with the wrap previously arranged in the seat opposite the pocket; a pusher, which, in the second feeding station, rests against the article on the side opposite the wrap and pushes the article into the pocket together with wrap; and an accompanying device, which, in the second feeding station, rests against the wrap on the side opposite the article and accompanies the movement of the wrap towards the inside of the pocket clamping the wrap and the article together with the pusher; the wrapping unit is characterized in that it comprises a moving device, which is completely separate from and independent of the accompanying device and, in the second feeding station, at first moves the wrap away from the pocket, thus moving the wrap close to the article, before the article is pushed into the pocket together with the wrap.