Workstation for a film-processing packaging machine , where said workstation is configured in particular as a forming station , as a preheating station , as a labeling station, as a labeling printing station, or as a sealing station for processing a packaging film , where said workstation defines a film transport plane (E) in which said packaging film can be transported, and where said workstation comprises an electrically operable heating assembly , characterized in that said heating assembly comprises an electrically conductive planar resistance heating element which in each of two directions spanning a plane (E`) parallel to said film transport plane (E) has dimensions (L1, L2) that are greater by a factor of at least 100 than a dimension (d) in a direction (R) perpendicular to said film transport plane (E), where said resistance heating element is arranged between a heating plate and a clamping plate , wherein electrically insulating insulators are arranged between said resistance heating element and said heating plate and between said resistance heating element and said clamping plate , respectively, wherein said resistance heating element comprises an electrical flat conductor having a meandering profile arranged in a plane (E`), characterized in that a connecting bracket of larger thickness than the flat conductor is welded to one end area of the electrical flat conductor and electrically connected with the flat conductor , wherein the connecting bracket in its portion adjacent the flat conductor is surrounded by an electrically isolating, temperature resistant bushing , and wherein the heating assembly comprises a connecting bushing which is electrically insulating, heat resistant up to temperature of a least 250 degrees Celsius, placed on the clamping plate and screwed to the clamping plate and projecting into the bushing . characterized in that said heating assembly comprises an electrically conductive planar resistance heating element which in each of two directions spanning a plane (E`) parallel to said film transport plane (E) has dimensions (L1, L2) that are greater by a factor of at least 100 than a dimension (d) in a direction (R) perpendicular to said film transport plane (E), where said resistance heating element is arranged between a heating plate and a clamping plate , wherein electrically insulating insulators are arranged between said resistance heating element and said heating plate and between said resistance heating element and said clamping plate , respectively, wherein said resistance heating element comprises an electrical flat conductor having a meandering profile arranged in a plane (E`), characterized in that a connecting bracket of larger thickness than the flat conductor is welded to one end area of the electrical flat conductor and electrically connected with the flat conductor , wherein the connecting bracket in its portion adjacent the flat conductor is surrounded by an electrically isolating, temperature resistant bushing , and wherein the heating assembly comprises a connecting bushing which is electrically insulating, heat resistant up to temperature of a least 250 degrees Celsius, placed on the clamping plate and screwed to the clamping plate and projecting into the bushing . <EOS>