A press for producing a pellet from powdered material comprising - a press frame and a pressing unit arranged in the press frame having at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower press punch as well as at least one receptacle for the powdered material to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, - at least one upper drive unit having at least one upper drive motor for moving the upper press punch in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit having at least one lower drive motor for moving the lower press punch and/or the receptacle in the vertical direction, - wherein the at least one upper drive unit acts laterally offset on the at least one upper press punch via at least one upper force transmission element, and/or wherein the at least one lower drive unit acts laterally offset on the at least one lower press punch and/or the receptacle via at least one lower force transmission element, and - wherein at least one upper spring element (58, 60) that deforms during a pressing procedure is arranged between the upper force transmission element and the at least one upper drive unit, and/or wherein at least one lower spring element (58, 60) that deforms during a pressing procedure is arranged between the lower force transmission element and the at least one lower drive unit, characterized in that - at least one upper flange of the at least one upper drive unit is connected to the upper force transmission element via a plurality of fastening means, wherein at least one upper spring element that forms a spacer between the upper flange and the upper force transmission element and that deforms during a pressing procedure is placed on the fastening means, and/or that at least one lower flange of the at least one lower drive unit is connected to the lower force transmission element via a plurality of fastening means, wherein at least one lower spring element that forms a spacer between the lower flange and the lower force transmission element and that deforms during a pressing procedure is placed on the fastening means, - that the at least one upper drive motor of the upper drive unit is at least one electric drive motor, wherein the at least one upper drive unit comprises at least one upper spindle drive having an upper spindle nut and driven by the at least one electric drive motor, and/or the at least one lower drive motor of the lower drive unit is at least one electric drive motor, wherein the at least one lower drive unit comprises at least one lower spindle drive having a lower spindle nut and driven by the at least one electric drive motor, and - that the at least one upper flange is a flange of the at least one upper spindle nut and/or that the at least one lower flange is a flange of the at least one lower spindle nut. - a press frame and a pressing unit arranged in the press frame having at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower press punch as well as at least one receptacle for the powdered material to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, - at least one upper drive unit having at least one upper drive motor for moving the upper press punch in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit having at least one lower drive motor for moving the lower press punch and/or the receptacle in the vertical direction, - wherein the at least one upper drive unit acts laterally offset on the at least one upper press punch via at least one upper force transmission element, and/or wherein the at least one lower drive unit acts laterally offset on the at least one lower press punch and/or the receptacle via at least one lower force transmission element, and - wherein at least one upper spring element (58, 60) that deforms during a pressing procedure is arranged between the upper force transmission element and the at least one upper drive unit, and/or wherein at least one lower spring element (58, 60) that deforms during a pressing procedure is arranged between the lower force transmission element and the at least one lower drive unit, characterized in that - at least one upper flange of the at least one upper drive unit is connected to the upper force transmission element via a plurality of fastening means, wherein at least one upper spring element that forms a spacer between the upper flange and the upper force transmission element and that deforms during a pressing procedure is placed on the fastening means, and/or that at least one lower flange of the at least one lower drive unit is connected to the lower force transmission element via a plurality of fastening means, wherein at least one lower spring element that forms a spacer between the lower flange and the lower force transmission element and that deforms during a pressing procedure is placed on the fastening means, - that the at least one upper drive motor of the upper drive unit is at least one electric drive motor, wherein the at least one upper drive unit comprises at least one upper spindle drive having an upper spindle nut and driven by the at least one electric drive motor, and/or the at least one lower drive motor of the lower drive unit is at least one electric drive motor, wherein the at least one lower drive unit comprises at least one lower spindle drive having a lower spindle nut and driven by the at least one electric drive motor, and - that the at least one upper flange is a flange of the at least one upper spindle nut and/or that the at least one lower flange is a flange of the at least one lower spindle nut.