The invention relates to a terminal strip (2)made of sheet metal, as illustrated in the exemplary embodiment in Fig. 5, for fastening to at least one carrier web (1), characterized in that in the raw state, before fastening the carrier web, the terminal strip is made of a bar section (3), and at least at one end of the bar region it is made of two flanges (4'', 5'') facing away from the bar, that for fastening the at least one carrier web the web is positioned between the flanges, and subsequently a contact between the flanges is accomplished by interconnecting the at least one carrier web via plastic deformation. The invention further relates to a device for fastening a terminal strip to the carrier web.