A laminate composite material, manufacture and use

A laminate composite material for plain bearings or bushes comprising a carrier layer, a bearing metal layer (3) made of a copper alloy or an aluminum alloy, a nickel intermediate layer (2) and a sliding layer (1), characterized in that the sliding layer (1) from about 0 -20 wt .-% copper and / or silver and the remainder bismuth there and the layer thickness of the nickel layer is more than 4 microns, wherein the layer composite was subjected to an aging process, and between the nickel intermediate layer and the sliding layer interdiffusion layer substantially of bismuth and nickel having.