A method for producing smoking article products from multiple article segments (1, 2, 3, 4) in each case, in particular at least three or more than three article segments (1, 2, 3, 4), wherein a first article segment group having multiple, in particular more than two or more than three, article segments (1, 2, 3) and having an end XA and having an end XB opposite the end XA in an assembly device having multiple stations arranged adjoining one another, in which each station is equipped with a hopper for receiving one type of article segments in the form of rods of multiple lengths, a drum run of drums downstream of one another, designed and adapted for extracting the rods, for cutting the rods into article segments of multiple or single use length, for grading and displacing the article segments of multiple or single use length and having an assembly drum for combining the article segments, is formed or provided, wherein the first article segment group (1, 2, 3) will be or is conveyed in a transverse axial manner and is or will be wrapped around by the wrapping material strip U1 in a wrapping station downstream of the assembly device, which works in a crosswise process for wrapping with a wrapping strip U1, which wrapping material strip extends around the multiple, in particular more than two or more than three, article segments (1, 2, 3) of the first article segment group and ends with a distance AA before the end XA and/or with a distance AB before the end XB of the first article segment group, wherein the wrapped first article segment group (1, 2, 3) is cut centrally and into two article segment sub-groups each having the same number of article segments (1, 2, 3) and then the article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) conveyed in a transverse axial manner are reoriented in their relative position to one another such that ends (end A, end B) of the wrapped article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) previously lying outside before the reorientation face each other after the reorientation, wherein at least one further article segment is inserted between the ends opposite one another (end A, end B) of the article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) after the reorientation and the at least one further article segment is connected to the neighboring article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) on both sides by wrapping around with a wrapping material strip U2 to form a second article segment group, and wherein at least one smoking article product will be or is formed from the second article segment group. a hopper for receiving one type of article segments in the form of rods of multiple lengths, a drum run of drums downstream of one another, designed and adapted for extracting the rods, for cutting the rods into article segments of multiple or single use length, for grading and displacing the article segments of multiple or single use length and having an assembly drum for combining the article segments, is formed or provided, wherein the first article segment group (1, 2, 3) will be or is conveyed in a transverse axial manner and is or will be wrapped around by the wrapping material strip U1 in a wrapping station downstream of the assembly device, which works in a crosswise process for wrapping with a wrapping strip U1, which wrapping material strip extends around the multiple, in particular more than two or more than three, article segments (1, 2, 3) of the first article segment group and ends with a distance AA before the end XA and/or with a distance AB before the end XB of the first article segment group, wherein the wrapped first article segment group (1, 2, 3) is cut centrally and into two article segment sub-groups each having the same number of article segments (1, 2, 3) and then the article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) conveyed in a transverse axial manner are reoriented in their relative position to one another such that ends (end A, end B) of the wrapped article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) previously lying outside before the reorientation face each other after the reorientation, wherein at least one further article segment is inserted between the ends opposite one another (end A, end B) of the article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) after the reorientation and the at least one further article segment is connected to the neighboring article segment sub-groups (1, 2, 3) on both sides by wrapping around with a wrapping material strip U2 to form a second article segment group, and wherein at least one smoking article product will be or is formed from the second article segment group.