Web insertion device for a flat-bed die-cutting machine, manufacturing system for packages and method for feeding a web of printing material

A manufacturing system for the production of packages, including paper or board packages and folding boxes, from a web of printing material, the manufacturing system comprising:

• a web-fed printing press;
• an inserting device disposed downstream of said web-fed printing press;
• and a flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing disposed downstream of said inserting device;
• said inserting device including a compensator comprising a roller, wherein the compensator configured to convert a continuous movement of the web of printing material into an iterative movement by changing a speed of the web of printing material through changes of position of the roller, a clamping unit configured to clamp the web of printing material while being cut, a cutting unit configured to carry out a cross cut through the web of printing material, creating a cross cut edge, said clamping unit and said cutting unit being mutually adjacent, and an inserting unit configured to transport the web of printing material, cross cut edge first, into the flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing.