Method for producing packaging blanks for consumer goods

A method for producing a plurality of blanks from a continuous strip of material, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a continuous strip of material having a plurality of cut-outs spaced along a longitudinal direction of the strip;
• cutting the continuous strip along a plurality of cut lines to form the plurality of blanks, wherein each cut line comprises a straight transverse section and a curved section,
• wherein the cut lines are spaced along the longitudinal direction of the strip, each cut line intersects a respective cut-out in the strip in the curved section of the cut line, and each cut line together with its respective intersected cut-out corresponds to an edge of one of the plurality of blanks;
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• selecting a combination of cut line shape, cut-out shape, and cut-out to cut line orientation, such that the edge of the at least one of the plurality of blanks comprises an undercut recess, wherein the curved section of each cut line cuts a portion of the respective cut-out, and wherein a remaining portion of the respective cut-out defines the undercut recess.