A feeding unit for feeding a component of a hygiene absorbent article； the feeding unit has: at least one sucking-holding head, which is designed to receive and hold the component； a conveyor to cyclically move the holding head along an annular application path； an input station in which the holding head receives a corresponding component which is connected—without gaps—to a continuous web； a cutting station provided with a cutting device, which cuts the continuous web crosswise； and an output station in which the holding head releases the component； the conveyor has: an annular guide； a slide which supports the holding head and is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide itself； and a linear electric motor, which has a stator, which is arranged in a fixed position along the guide and a mobile slider which is electro-magnetically coupled to the stator so as to receive, from the stator, a driving force and is rigidly connected to the slide.
