The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a composite web for use in a disposable product, particularly a disposable diaper like an adult incontinent article, which process comprises the steps of providing a continuous web of material, creating in the web a longitudinally repeating pattern of windows, and attaching patches to the web, wherein the patches cover the windows and have different functional characteristics than the web. The present invention also relates to a composite web formed in accordance with this process. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing disposable diapers comprising the steps of providing a continuous web of a plurality of diaper chassis, providing a composite web, intermittently attaching to the web of diaper chassis sections of the composite web, and cutting across adjacent diaper chassis and the composite web so that at least a first section of the composite web comprising the patches forms a rear panel of the diaper and a second section of the composite web forms a front panel of the diaper.
