Method for the manufacture of laminate webs with firm edge strip

A method to manufacture a plurality of webs of laminated material each having one longitudinal edge of the outer layer overlapping one longitudinal edge of the other layer and having the other longitudinal edge of the outer layer inward of the other longitudinal edge of the other layer comprising the steps of:

• supplying a first web of material, cutting said first web of material into a plurality of webs of material, laminating a second layer of material onto the plurality of webs of material and leaving a portion of the second layer adjacent the same edge of each of said plurality of webs of material unlaminated to the web material and cutting longitudinally through the second layer inward of the edge of each of the web materials only through the unlaminated portions thereof to separate the plurality of webs of material once again to provide webs of laminated material each having one longitudinal edge of the second material projecting beyond one longitudinal edge of the first material and having the other longitudinal edge of the second material inward of the other longitudinal edge of the first material.