Method of manufacturing an activated composite web and an activated composite web for absorptive devices

A method of manufacturing an activated composite web, comprising:

• laminating a film layer to a nonwoven web to form a composite web;
• forming a plurality of apertured protuberances in the film layer with a pin punching unit;
• and
• passing the composite web through intermeshing elements to form an activated composite web, the intermeshing elements being constructed and arranged to form a plurality of first lanes substantially unaffected by activation aligned in a first direction and having a first width in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of second lanes aligned in the first direction and having a second width less than the first width in the second direction in the activated composite web,
• wherein a first portion of the plurality of apertured protuberances forms a plurality of first apertured protuberances having a plurality of corresponding first apertures with first cross-sectional areas, the first apertured protuberances being located in the first lanes, and a second portion of the plurality of apertured protuberances forms a plurality of second apertured protuberances having a plurality of corresponding second apertures with second cross-sectional areas, each of the second cross-sectional areas being larger than each of the first cross-sectional areas, the second apertured protuberances being located in the second lanes, and
• wherein each of the first apertures has a first major axis substantially aligned in the first direction, and each of the second apertures has a second major axis substantially aligned in the second direction.