A feeding unit for feeding a component of a hygiene absorbent article; the feeding unit comprises: 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, which is arranged along the application path and in which the holding head receives a corresponding component, which is connected - without gaps - to a continuous web; a cutting station, which is arranged along the application path downstream of the input station and is provided with a cutting device, which cuts the continuous web crosswise, so as to separate the component held by the holding head from the remaining part of the continuous web; and an output station, which is arranged along the application path downstream of the rotation station and in which the holding head releases the component; the feeding unit is characterized in that the conveyor comprises: an annular guide, which is arranged in a fixed position along the application path; a slide, which supports the holding head and is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide, and a linear electric motor, which comprises 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. 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, which is arranged along the application path and in which the holding head receives a corresponding component, which is connected - without gaps - to a continuous web; a cutting station, which is arranged along the application path downstream of the input station and is provided with a cutting device, which cuts the continuous web crosswise, so as to separate the component held by the holding head from the remaining part of the continuous web; and an output station, which is arranged along the application path downstream of the rotation station and in which the holding head releases the component; the feeding unit is characterized in that the conveyor comprises: an annular guide, which is arranged in a fixed position along the application path; a slide, which supports the holding head and is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide, and a linear electric motor, which comprises 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. an annular guide, which is arranged in a fixed position along the application path; a slide, which supports the holding head and is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide, and a linear electric motor, which comprises 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.