A method of manufacturing a repeating array of blanks for forming packaging articles, the method comprising the steps of: a) continuously feeding a web of substrate (213) along a press (210) from an input end thereof; b) securing a continuous web of plastics material (216) to the substrate to form a laminate (236); and c) applying perforations (138) and/or cuts (141) to the web of substrate to form said repeating array of blanks, wherein step a) precedes step b) and step c) precedes or succeeds step b).
