Abstract: A method produces an endless belt having a belt body, which includes a first main surface and a second main surface, wherein the first main surface and the second main surface of the belt body are connected to one another via lateral edges, wherein a coating is applied to the first main surface of the belt body being opposite to an inner side of the endless belt in a finished state of the endless belt, wherein the coating forms an outer side of the endless belt in a finished state, wherein at least one base material, into which reinforcing elements are inserted, is applied to the first main surface of the belt body as the coating.

Abstract: A method processes a belt with a belt body that has a first surface and a second surface connected to each other by side surfaces. Each side surface is smaller than each surface. At least one of the surfaces of the belt is coated with a coating having at least one layer. In a step i) the coating is interrupted or left out in a region of the belt to be processed, and a recess, in particular a gap-shaped or hole-shaped recess, interrupting the coating is produced in the region to be processed, which recess is at least partially delimited by opposite sections of the at least one coating. In a step ii) directly thereafter or after further intermediate steps, the recess is at least partially filled up with at least one material of the same type as that of the at least one layer of the coating.