A method for the production of incontinence articles for the receptacle of body excretions with an article longitudinal direction and with an article transverse direction in a manufacturing machine, with a front abdominal portion and a rear back portion which are initially spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the article and are then folded onto one another to form a belly and back band which is continuous in the transverse or hip circumferential direction and has a hip opening which is closed in the hip circumferential direction, and are connected to one another at side seam areas on both sides on the manufacturer's side, and with a crotch portion having an absorbent body which extends in the longitudinal direction of the article between the abdominal portion and the back portion, wherein the crotch portion, the abdominal portion and the back portion together delimit respective leg openings of the incontinence article, wherein a first flat material web forming rear back portion components and a second flat material web forming front belly portion components are fed endlessly in a longitudinal machine direction, which forms the later transverse article direction, and wherein in a positioning station for the crotch portions the respective crotch portions are arranged with the later longitudinal direction of the article transverse to the longitudinal direction of the machine and are connected to the first and to the second flat material web (34, 36) for the intended use of the article, and wherein a marking means is attached to the belly portion and/or to the back portion, wherein the first flat material web and/or the second flat material web has successive orientation marks in the longitudinal direction of the machine, characterized in that a respective orientation mark is detected in the manufacturing machine by means of a first sensor and depending on the time of a respective detection, a subsequent printing device in the longitudinal direction of the machine is actuated for applying the marking means, so that the marking means is applied in the longitudinal direction of the machine in a predetermined relationship to the respective orientation mark detected by means of the first sensor, and a respective orientation mark is detected in the manufacturing machine by means of a second sensor and depending on the time of a respective detection, the first and/or the second flat material web (34, 36) is accelerated or decelerated or transported further at a constant speed, in such a manner that the arrangement of the respective crotch portions in the positioning station is carried out in the longitudinal direction of the machine in predetermined relation to the respective orientation mark detected by means of the second sensor, and wherein the same orientation marks are detected by means of the first sensor and by means of the second sensor. with a crotch portion having an absorbent body which extends in the longitudinal direction of the article between the abdominal portion and the back portion, wherein the crotch portion, the abdominal portion and the back portion together delimit respective leg openings of the incontinence article, wherein a first flat material web forming rear back portion components and a second flat material web forming front belly portion components are fed endlessly in a longitudinal machine direction, which forms the later transverse article direction, and wherein in a positioning station for the crotch portions the respective crotch portions are arranged with the later longitudinal direction of the article transverse to the longitudinal direction of the machine and are connected to the first and to the second flat material web (34, 36) for the intended use of the article, and wherein a marking means is attached to the belly portion and/or to the back portion, wherein the first flat material web and/or the second flat material web has successive orientation marks in the longitudinal direction of the machine, characterized in that a respective orientation mark is detected in the manufacturing machine by means of a first sensor and depending on the time of a respective detection, a subsequent printing device in the longitudinal direction of the machine is actuated for applying the marking means, so that the marking means is applied in the longitudinal direction of the machine in a predetermined relationship to the respective orientation mark detected by means of the first sensor, and a respective orientation mark is detected in the manufacturing machine by means of a second sensor and depending on the time of a respective detection, the first and/or the second flat material web (34, 36) is accelerated or decelerated or transported further at a constant speed, in such a manner that the arrangement of the respective crotch portions in the positioning station is carried out in the longitudinal direction of the machine in predetermined relation to the respective orientation mark detected by means of the second sensor, and wherein the same orientation marks are detected by means of the first sensor and by means of the second sensor.