a device for production of drinks containers may include a forming device which transforms plastic preforms into plastic containers , a filling device which is arranged after the forming device in the transport direction of the plastic containers and fills the plastic containers with a fluid , and a transport device which transports the plastic containers individually from the forming device in the direction of the filling device along a prespecified transport path . the device includes , along the transport path , an alignment device which aligns the plastic containers at least partially in relation to a rotary position about their longitudinal axis .