a wire foil for a paper production installation has a supporting strip and plates fixed to the latter . the plates are mutually adjoining ceramic plates . the supporting strip and the plates of ceramic material are formed , on the mutually contacting surfaces , with mutually facing recesses , in which connecting elements are anchored . the connecting elements are fixed in the recesses in the plates of ceramic material by a form fit , and plates located beside one another are fixed to the supporting strip by at least one common connecting element extending over the joint .