Abstract: An end-support panel for supporting rolls of web-like material wound on a cylindrical core and the process and apparatus for making the same is described. The panel includes a rigid panel member having an aperture extending laterally therethrough and a covering of heat-stretchable, heat-shrinkable plastic film extending entirely over one side of the panel member, around the edges of its periphery and aperture, and over a first zone and a second zone on the other side of the panel member, the first zone extending inwardly from the panel periphery, and the second zone extending outwardly from the panel aperture. The covering film is heated and then vacuum-stretched to conform to the shape of the panel periphery and the aperture perimeter. The film is then cooled and portions thereof are heat-shrunk to form a first band lying closely adjacent to the first zone and a second band lying closely adjacent to the second zone.