Abstract: Exhaust pipe band clamp for connecting separate pipes in an engine exhaust pipe system having a belt part and fastening arrangement, in which the fastening arrangement includes flanges integrally formed at the ends of the belt part, and method for producing the clamp. The flanges and a portion of the belt are provided with reinforcing ribs, which are made by bending a part of the longitudinal edges of the band clamp, which extend along each edge of each of at least a part of the flanges and an end portion of the belt. The free end part of each flange are preferably bent so that ends of the flanges face towards each other and in a direction opposite to the outer surface of the flanges. The first flange has a protrusion and the end of the second flange a corresponding cut-out.