Process for manufacturing a coated, monolithic metal support

A product which is a coated monolithic metal support consisting of a generally cylindrical, shaped body which is gas-permeable in the axial direction and which is formed of at least one metal foil strip which may be smooth, corrugated or a combination of smooth and corrupted metal foil strip, said strip having been previously coated with a dispersion coating, the longitudinal extension lying transverse to the cylinder axis, and being stacked or folded and optionally intertwined or wound in a spiral manner in order to form the shaped body, said product having been formed by a process comprising, during or after formation of said shaped body, welding or soldering said metal foil strip to at least one adjacent metal foil strip or to at least one adjacent layer of the same metal foil strip.