A system for handling articles, comprising - at least one horizontal conveyor device along which the articles to be manipulated are movable, - at least one manipulator, and - at least one clamping and gripping device for receiving articles, which clamping and gripping device is carried by the at least one manipulator, wherein the at least one manipulator is controllable in such a manner that the at least one manipulator can, by means of the at least one clamping and gripping device, transfer a plurality of articles being moved via the at least one horizontal conveyor device into a relative alignment relative to one another, which alignment is adapted, in particular, to a palletisable layer to be formed from this plurality of articles or to a specific grouping to be formed from this plurality of articles, by the articles being rotated and/or shifted, and/or to a specific distribution to be formed by the articles being rotated and/or shifted, and in which system - the clamping and gripping device comprises at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b), each arranged in a suspended manner, which interact to temporarily receive one or more articles, wherein the clamping and gripping device provides a plurality of different fastening positions for the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b), characterised in that the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b) can be selectively and removably fixed at the plurality of different fastening positions in accordance with a particular number and/or formation of articles to be received, wherein the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b) are fixable without tools at the plurality of different fastening positions and/or are removable without tools each from their particular fastening position. - at least one horizontal conveyor device along which the articles to be manipulated are movable, - at least one manipulator, and - at least one clamping and gripping device for receiving articles, which clamping and gripping device is carried by the at least one manipulator, wherein the at least one manipulator is controllable in such a manner that the at least one manipulator can, by means of the at least one clamping and gripping device, transfer a plurality of articles being moved via the at least one horizontal conveyor device into a relative alignment relative to one another, which alignment is adapted, in particular, to a palletisable layer to be formed from this plurality of articles or to a specific grouping to be formed from this plurality of articles, by the articles being rotated and/or shifted, and/or to a specific distribution to be formed by the articles being rotated and/or shifted, and in which system the at least one manipulator is controllable in such a manner that the at least one manipulator can, by means of the at least one clamping and gripping device, transfer a plurality of articles being moved via the at least one horizontal conveyor device into a relative alignment relative to one another, which alignment is adapted, in particular, to a palletisable layer to be formed from this plurality of articles or to a specific grouping to be formed from this plurality of articles, by the articles being rotated and/or shifted, and/or to a specific distribution to be formed by the articles being rotated and/or shifted, and in which system - the clamping and gripping device comprises at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b), each arranged in a suspended manner, which interact to temporarily receive one or more articles, wherein the clamping and gripping device provides a plurality of different fastening positions for the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b), characterised in that the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b) can be selectively and removably fixed at the plurality of different fastening positions in accordance with a particular number and/or formation of articles to be received, wherein the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b) are fixable without tools at the plurality of different fastening positions and/or are removable without tools each from their particular fastening position. the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b) can be selectively and removably fixed at the plurality of different fastening positions in accordance with a particular number and/or formation of articles to be received, wherein the at least two clamping and gripping elements (5a, 5b) are fixable without tools at the plurality of different fastening positions and/or are removable without tools each from their particular fastening position.