Method for producing pant-type articles having a chassis structure and pant-type articles produced according to the method

A method for producing pant-type articles having a waist-encircling portion and leg-encircling portions, each article comprising a chassis structure having at least one elastic panel, the method comprising forming the chassis structure, the at least one elastic panel being formed by:

• a) providing a first web being an elastic web comprising at least one layer of an elastic material;
• b) stretching the first web by at least 70% in at least one direction,
• c) bonding the stretched first web while the first web is held in the stretched state to a second web, the second web comprising at least one layer of an elastic or non-elastic material, the bonded first and second webs forming an elastic composite web,
• d) relaxing the elastic composite in the said at least one direction by at least 4% of the stretched length of the stretched first web, and
• f) assembling said chassis structure from chassis components comprising said stretched and relaxed composite web.