A continuously rotating, non-symmetric preform feed, stretch-blow-moulding machine dedicated to the stretch-blow-moulding of containers from non-symmetric injection moulded preforms; the non-symmetric preforms including an integral handle extending from a first junction point to a second junction point on a body of the preform; the body of the preform and the integral handle constituted from the same material.

An apparatus for feeding plastic preforms to a forming device for forming plastic preforms, includes a transport device for transporting plastic preforms having two rotatable and mutually parallel arranged rollers, between which the plastic preforms can be guided. The transport device has first portion and second portions, a first portion having sorting device for bringing the plastic preforms into a predetermined orientation, and a second portion having a hold-down device, which determines a vertical position of the plastic preforms with respect to the transport device. The two rotatable and mutually parallel arranged rollers each extend over the entire first and second portions of the transport device and/or the hold-down device is arranged above the two rotatable and mutually parallel arranged rollers.