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The laser marking technology is used in several industrial segments, to create a discrete, indelible, ecological, and low-cost identification in order to improve products traceability. The traceability can help to solve certain problems in the brake pads and linings industry. Problems such as piracy, marketing failures, product lifecycle control, recalls actions and quality product failure. Traceability can also support on judicial complications when the product failure historical is required. Conventional identification and marking process applied to the friction materials industry produce easily removable markings. Such markings cannot contain individual identification, such as code for each part, serial number or a bar code containing the necessary information for traceability. In addition, for commercial vehicles brake linings, the identification of the product brand does not remain after use, making it difficult to know whose manufacturer which produced it.