A container for consumer articles, the container being at least partially formed from a laminar blank, the laminar blank defining a portion of the container, which comprises: a first planar wall; a second planar wall connected to the first planar wall by a first modified edge portion; and a third planar wall connected to the first planar wall by a second modified edge portion; the longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion being transverse to the longitudinal direction of the second modified edge portion; the first modified edge portion and the second modified edge portion forming, when the container is assembled from the laminar blank, adjacent edge portions of the container meeting at a junction; wherein each of the first modified edge portion and the second modified edge portion has a length in the longitudinal direction of the respective modified edge portion and a respective width that extends transversely to the length; said container being characterised in that: the first modified edge portion is defined by an ablation area on its inner surface, the ablation area comprising one or more ablated lines each having a residual thickness less than the thickness, T, of the laminar blank, the first modified edge portion further comprising a first portion and an end portion extending from the first portion, the end portion tapering from a width, W, of the first portion to a point at the junction with the second modified edge portion; in that the second modified edge portion is defined by a plurality of creasing lines in the laminar blank; in that the ablation area of the first modified edge portion comprises a first ablated line and a second ablated line extending in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion within the first portion of the ablation area; and in that each of the first and second ablated lines is arranged proximate to a respective one of the first planar wall and the second planar wall. a first planar wall; a second planar wall connected to the first planar wall by a first modified edge portion; and a third planar wall connected to the first planar wall by a second modified edge portion; the longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion being transverse to the longitudinal direction of the second modified edge portion; the first modified edge portion and the second modified edge portion forming, when the container is assembled from the laminar blank, adjacent edge portions of the container meeting at a junction; wherein each of the first modified edge portion and the second modified edge portion has a length in the longitudinal direction of the respective modified edge portion and a respective width that extends transversely to the length; said container being characterised in that: the first modified edge portion is defined by an ablation area on its inner surface, the ablation area comprising one or more ablated lines each having a residual thickness less than the thickness, T, of the laminar blank, the first modified edge portion further comprising a first portion and an end portion extending from the first portion, the end portion tapering from a width, W, of the first portion to a point at the junction with the second modified edge portion; in that the second modified edge portion is defined by a plurality of creasing lines in the laminar blank; in that the ablation area of the first modified edge portion comprises a first ablated line and a second ablated line extending in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion within the first portion of the ablation area; and in that each of the first and second ablated lines is arranged proximate to a respective one of the first planar wall and the second planar wall. the first modified edge portion is defined by an ablation area on its inner surface, the ablation area comprising one or more ablated lines each having a residual thickness less than the thickness, T, of the laminar blank, the first modified edge portion further comprising a first portion and an end portion extending from the first portion, the end portion tapering from a width, W, of the first portion to a point at the junction with the second modified edge portion; in that the second modified edge portion is defined by a plurality of creasing lines in the laminar blank; in that the ablation area of the first modified edge portion comprises a first ablated line and a second ablated line extending in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the first modified edge portion within the first portion of the ablation area; and in that each of the first and second ablated lines is arranged proximate to a respective one of the first planar wall and the second planar wall.