Method for the high-speed production of a multi-layer tube by means of a sheet metal forming machine, characterized in that the multi-layer tube comprises at least one first material layer and a material layer adjacent to the first material layer, wherein - not necessarily in the following order - - the adjacent material layer is at least slightly bent, - the material layers (1,2) to be combined into the multi-layer tube are laid on top of each other, wherein the first material layer is positioned as an overlying material layer on the adjacent material layer, - a first connection between the overlying material layer and the adjacent material layer is created by connecting the overlying material layer with the adjacent material layer approximately along a first edge of the overlying material layer or approximately along a line parallel thereto, and - after the adjacent material layer has been at least slightly bent, a second connection between the overlying material layer and the adjacent material layer is created by connecting the overlying material layer with the adjacent material layer approximately along a second edge, lying opposite the first edge, of the overlying material layer or approximately along a line parallel thereto, and after that - the thus formed multi-layer material (1,2) is shaped into the multi-layer tube by means of the sheet metal forming machine, wherein during this shaping process, after a certain degree of shaping, the respective overlying material layer formed as a single layer which then serves as inner tube is compressed between the two material layer connections (3a, 3b) in (partly) circumferential direction and is thus pressed into the respective adjacent material layer which then serves as outer tube. - the adjacent material layer is at least slightly bent, - the material layers (1,2) to be combined into the multi-layer tube are laid on top of each other, wherein the first material layer is positioned as an overlying material layer on the adjacent material layer, - a first connection between the overlying material layer and the adjacent material layer is created by connecting the overlying material layer with the adjacent material layer approximately along a first edge of the overlying material layer or approximately along a line parallel thereto, and - after the adjacent material layer has been at least slightly bent, a second connection between the overlying material layer and the adjacent material layer is created by connecting the overlying material layer with the adjacent material layer approximately along a second edge, lying opposite the first edge, of the overlying material layer or approximately along a line parallel thereto, and after that - the thus formed multi-layer material (1,2) is shaped into the multi-layer tube by means of the sheet metal forming machine, wherein during this shaping process, after a certain degree of shaping, the respective overlying material layer formed as a single layer which then serves as inner tube is compressed between the two material layer connections (3a, 3b) in (partly) circumferential direction and is thus pressed into the respective adjacent material layer which then serves as outer tube.