Method of producing a chassis web with a waistband component and disposable pant article produced from the chassis web

A method for producing a chassis web for a disposable pant article, the method comprising:

• feeding a first continuous base web in a machine direction, said first continuous base web having first and second side edges extending in said machine direction;
• attaching a continuous waistband component to said first base web in an attachment area, said attachment area extending in said machine direction and being arranged between said first and said second side edges of said first base web;
• said waistband component being applied as a pre-fabricated elastic waistband component comprising one or more carrier webs;
• attaching a second continuous base web to said first continuous base web and said continuous waistband component, covering at least said continuous waistband component, said second continuous base web having first and second side edges extending in said machine direction thereby forming a compound base web having first and second side edges, said attachment area being spaced apart from at least one of said first and said second side edges of said compound base web;
• severing said compound base web and said attached waistband component by cutting along a cutting line extending through said attachment area in said machine direction thereby creating a first panel web having a first side edge and comprising a first panel portion and a first waistband portion and a second panel web having a second side edge and comprising a second panel portion and a second waistband portion said first panel web and said second panel web extending in said machine direction with said first and second waistband portions facing each other in a side-by-side arrangement;
• shifting positions of said first panel web and said second panel web in a cross machine direction perpendicular to said machine direction, thereby bringing said first and said second panel webs into an arrangement with first and second cut edges facing away from each other in said cross machine direction and with said first and second side edges of said first and second panel webs facing each other in said cross machine direction;
• directly or indirectly connecting said first side edge of said first panel web with said second side edge of said second panel web thereby forming a coherent chassis web.