Abstract: A support for manufacturing and storage of cheese, including a mesh which is weared and stretched, and then secured on a peripheral, rigid reinforcement. The mesh has weft threads and warp threads which are interlaced, forming crossing zones. A coating of anti-corrosion synthetic material is provided, which coats threads of the mesh and the peripheral reinforcement, thereby forming an organic matrix connecting the weft threads and the warp threads of the mesh. The coating also provides a sealed surface along the threads of the mesh, along the peripheral reinforcement, in the crossing zones of the threads of the mesh, and in a connecting zone of the threads of the mesh to the peripheral reinforcement.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for fixing a protective sheet to a roll of material such as fabric or carpet, and having a longitudinal bore therein, in which the roll is covered with a sheet of paper or plastics material, for example, the width of which is greater than the width of the roll, the ends of the sheet are folded over the ends of the roll and are inserted into the ends of the bore, and a gripper element is introduced into the ends of the bore and is deformed permanently by expanding it radially outwardly into contact with the ends of the sheet and urging these ends against the inner wall of the bore.