A machine for forming a blank assembly; said blank assembly comprising a blank and a retaining web partially adhered to the blank, said machine comprising: a deck coupled to a frame; a blank transfer assembly associated with said frame, said blank transfer assembly configured to position a blank on said deck and said blank transfer assembly configured to move the blank in a blank loading direction X; a web separator operable to cut sheets of predetermined length from a roll of web material to form the retaining webs and to deposit each retaining web sequentially on a generally horizontal platform, said web material includes material coated on one or both sides with a cohesive material; a web transfer assembly associated with said frame and extending from a first end to a second end, said web transfer assembly comprising a gantry operable for bidirectional translation between said first end and said second end of said web transfer assembly, and said web transfer assembly comprising a pick-up assembly coupled to said gantry and moveable between said first end and said second end in a direction Y that is generally perpendicular to the X direction, said pick-up assembly having a plurality of vacuum suction cups coupled thereto for picking up the retaining web from the platform proximate said first end and depositing the retaining web proximate said second end in an at least partially overlying relationship with the blank positioned on said deck; and a first compression member coupled via at least one spring to said pick-up assembly and configured to compress a coupling region of the retaining web against the blank on said deck when pick-up assembly deposits web, to facilitate partially adhering retaining web to blank to form the blank assembly. said blank assembly comprising a blank and a retaining web partially adhered to the blank, said machine comprising: a deck coupled to a frame; a blank transfer assembly associated with said frame, said blank transfer assembly configured to position a blank on said deck and said blank transfer assembly configured to move the blank in a blank loading direction X; a web separator operable to cut sheets of predetermined length from a roll of web material to form the retaining webs and to deposit each retaining web sequentially on a generally horizontal platform, said web material includes material coated on one or both sides with a cohesive material; a web transfer assembly associated with said frame and extending from a first end to a second end, said web transfer assembly comprising a gantry operable for bidirectional translation between said first end and said second end of said web transfer assembly, and said web transfer assembly comprising a pick-up assembly coupled to said gantry and moveable between said first end and said second end in a direction Y that is generally perpendicular to the X direction, said pick-up assembly having a plurality of vacuum suction cups coupled thereto for picking up the retaining web from the platform proximate said first end and depositing the retaining web proximate said second end in an at least partially overlying relationship with the blank positioned on said deck; and a deck coupled to a frame; a blank transfer assembly associated with said frame, said blank transfer assembly configured to position a blank on said deck and said blank transfer assembly configured to move the blank in a blank loading direction X; a web separator operable to cut sheets of predetermined length from a roll of web material to form the retaining webs and to deposit each retaining web sequentially on a generally horizontal platform, said web material includes material coated on one or both sides with a cohesive material; a web transfer assembly associated with said frame and extending from a first end to a second end, said web transfer assembly comprising a gantry operable for bidirectional translation between said first end and said second end of said web transfer assembly, and said web transfer assembly comprising a pick-up assembly coupled to said gantry and moveable between said first end and said second end in a direction Y that is generally perpendicular to the X direction, said pick-up assembly having a plurality of vacuum suction cups coupled thereto for picking up the retaining web from the platform proximate said first end and depositing the retaining web proximate said second end in an at least partially overlying relationship with the blank positioned on said deck; and