An apparatus for manufacturing plastic supports and/or packages, the apparatus comprising: a supplying station comprising a roll support configured to receive a feed roll and to rotate the feed roll around a respective unwinding axis to unroll consecutive portions of plastic film; a cutting station configured for carrying out a cutting procedure comprising separating, from an unrolled portion of plastic film coming from the feed roll, either a strip of plastic film having a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis, and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis, wherein the width of said strip is larger than the length of the same strip; or a plurality of distinct film sheets obtained from a same strip shaped portion of plastic film, said strip shaped portion having a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis, and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis, wherein the width of said strip shaped portion is larger than the length of the same strip shaped portion; and a thermoforming station comprising a plurality of adjacent moulds configured for: receiving the strips or the plurality of distinct film sheets, and thermoforming said strips or said plurality of distinct film sheets in order to form a plurality of plastic supports, wherein the apparatus further comprises a packaging station configured for closing in a package at least one product positioned on at least one between said strips, film sheets or plastic supports; characterized in that the packaging station is arranged downstream with respect to the thermoforming station along a machine direction of transportation of the plastic supports to the packaging station; and wherein the unwinding axis of the feed roll is parallel to said machine direction. a supplying station comprising a roll support configured to receive a feed roll and to rotate the feed roll around a respective unwinding axis to unroll consecutive portions of plastic film; a cutting station configured for carrying out a cutting procedure comprising separating, from an unrolled portion of plastic film coming from the feed roll, either a strip of plastic film having a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis, and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis, wherein the width of said strip is larger than the length of the same strip; or a plurality of distinct film sheets obtained from a same strip shaped portion of plastic film, said strip shaped portion having a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis, and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis, wherein the width of said strip shaped portion is larger than the length of the same strip shaped portion; and a strip of plastic film having a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis, and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis, wherein the width of said strip is larger than the length of the same strip; or a plurality of distinct film sheets obtained from a same strip shaped portion of plastic film, said strip shaped portion having a width, measured parallel to the unwinding axis, and a length, measured perpendicular to the unwinding axis, wherein the width of said strip shaped portion is larger than the length of the same strip shaped portion; and a thermoforming station comprising a plurality of adjacent moulds configured for: receiving the strips or the plurality of distinct film sheets, and thermoforming said strips or said plurality of distinct film sheets in order to form a plurality of plastic supports, receiving the strips or the plurality of distinct film sheets, and thermoforming said strips or said plurality of distinct film sheets in order to form a plurality of plastic supports, wherein the apparatus further comprises a packaging station configured for closing in a package at least one product positioned on at least one between said strips, film sheets or plastic supports; characterized in that the packaging station is arranged downstream with respect to the thermoforming station along a machine direction of transportation of the plastic supports to the packaging station; and wherein the unwinding axis of the feed roll is parallel to said machine direction.