A machine (10, 12) for winding suture into a suture tray package comprising: - a base platform - a plurality of package nests, each package nest comprising at least two locating pins (34, 36) extending up from the package nests, - a first workstation for placing an empty tray onto one of the package nests, - a further workstation for feeding a needle with an attached suture in the tray and parking said needle in the tray, - a winding station for winding the suture into a winding channel of the tray, said winding station comprising - - a rotatable winding head with a plurality of configurable suture guiding pins, the guiding pins being configured as to engage the floor of the tray and to keep it flat, - - a suture control arm, said suture control arm having a proximal end, a distal end, a top side and a bottom side, said distal end of the suture control arm having a front standoff and a rear standoff incorporating a suture guiding channel, - - a base member for mounting the suture control arm to the base platform, - an offloading station for removing said trays from the package nests, characterized in that - the winding station further comprises a stripper plate for pushing the wound suture off the suture guiding pins, and in that the machine further comprises: - a lid placement station for placing a lid onto one of the package nests, and - a a lid attachment station for attaching the lid to the tray. - a base platform - a plurality of package nests, each package nest comprising at least two locating pins (34, 36) extending up from the package nests, - a first workstation for placing an empty tray onto one of the package nests, - a further workstation for feeding a needle with an attached suture in the tray and parking said needle in the tray, - a winding station for winding the suture into a winding channel of the tray, said winding station comprising - - a rotatable winding head with a plurality of configurable suture guiding pins, the guiding pins being configured as to engage the floor of the tray and to keep it flat, - - a suture control arm, said suture control arm having a proximal end, a distal end, a top side and a bottom side, said distal end of the suture control arm having a front standoff and a rear standoff incorporating a suture guiding channel, - - a base member for mounting the suture control arm to the base platform, - - a rotatable winding head with a plurality of configurable suture guiding pins, the guiding pins being configured as to engage the floor of the tray and to keep it flat, - - a suture control arm, said suture control arm having a proximal end, a distal end, a top side and a bottom side, said distal end of the suture control arm having a front standoff and a rear standoff incorporating a suture guiding channel, - - a base member for mounting the suture control arm to the base platform, - an offloading station for removing said trays from the package nests, characterized in that - the winding station further comprises a stripper plate for pushing the wound suture off the suture guiding pins, and in that the machine further comprises: - a lid placement station for placing a lid onto one of the package nests, and - a a lid attachment station for attaching the lid to the tray. - a lid placement station for placing a lid onto one of the package nests, and - a a lid attachment station for attaching the lid to the tray.