A folded absorbent article comprising: an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends (138, 140), transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, a liquid permeable inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, an absorbent body disposed between the inner and outer layers, at least one of the inner layer and outer layer defining the longitudinally opposite ends and transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly, the absorbent body having a pair of longitudinally extending sides and a pair of transversely extending ends, each of the longitudinally extending sides of the absorbent body being spaced inward, when the article is unfolded, from a respective one of the transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly; a pair of ears extending transversely outward, when the article is unfolded, from the transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component (150, 178); a pair of spaced-apart hook fastening components disposed on the outer layer in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly, each of the hook fastening components being selectively engageable with a respective one of the loop fastening components in a wear configuration of the article, and characterized by having; a pair of longitudinally extending foldlines disposed in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly; wherein an outboard-most, when the article is unfolded, longitudinal edge of each of the hook fastening components is spaced apart from a respective one of the transversely opposite sides, and an inboard-most, when the article is unfolded, longitudinal edge of each of the hook fastening components is spaced apart from a respective longitudinally extending foldline at least a distance equal to a predetermined process range such that each of the hook fastening components are folded over and are disposed inboard of a corresponding longitudinally extending side of the folded absorbent article; and wherein a first portion of the front waist region overlaps a second portion of the front waist region forming an overlap region, wherein the overlap region is inboard of the longitudinally extending sides of the folded absorbent article, and wherein neither of the pair of hook fastening components are disposed in the overlap region. an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends (138, 140), transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, a liquid permeable inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, an absorbent body disposed between the inner and outer layers, at least one of the inner layer and outer layer defining the longitudinally opposite ends and transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly, the absorbent body having a pair of longitudinally extending sides and a pair of transversely extending ends, each of the longitudinally extending sides of the absorbent body being spaced inward, when the article is unfolded, from a respective one of the transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly; a pair of ears extending transversely outward, when the article is unfolded, from the transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component (150, 178); a pair of spaced-apart hook fastening components disposed on the outer layer in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly, each of the hook fastening components being selectively engageable with a respective one of the loop fastening components in a wear configuration of the article, and characterized by having; a pair of longitudinally extending foldlines disposed in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly; wherein an outboard-most, when the article is unfolded, longitudinal edge of each of the hook fastening components is spaced apart from a respective one of the transversely opposite sides, and an inboard-most, when the article is unfolded, longitudinal edge of each of the hook fastening components is spaced apart from a respective longitudinally extending foldline at least a distance equal to a predetermined process range such that each of the hook fastening components are folded over and are disposed inboard of a corresponding longitudinally extending side of the folded absorbent article; and wherein a first portion of the front waist region overlaps a second portion of the front waist region forming an overlap region, wherein the overlap region is inboard of the longitudinally extending sides of the folded absorbent article, and wherein neither of the pair of hook fastening components are disposed in the overlap region.