Abstract: In order to provide, during final production, the raised symbols of reflectorized motor vehicle license plates permanently with paint in the hot-embossing process, and to be able to use therein a narrower and thus less expensive, heat-releasable paint layer provided on a synthetic resin carrier film, it is suggested to create the coloring of the rim already prior to cutting off the blank of the license plate and prior to embossing the plate rim.

Abstract: A code bar for the identification of series parts, for example vehicle bodies, within an assembly line, with several codings in the form of alternating bright and dark stripes of differing widths, corresponding respectively to the digits 0 through 9, consists of a sheet-metal strip from which the dark stripes of the codings have been punched out as slots. The sheet-metal strip is preferably edged twice, preferably along the narrow sides, in order to form mounting flanges, so that the codings are arranged at a spacing from the series part, and exhibits longitudinal crimps in the proximity of the longitudinal borders.