A press felt for the use in a press section of a material web producing or processing machine, in particular a paper, board or tissue machine, the press felt comprising: a) a base structure, especially one of a woven structure, a knitted structure or a non-woven yarn array, providing the dimensional stability at least in a machine and a cross machine direction of the felt and a batt fiber structure comprising a plurality of batt fiber layers (6,7,8,9) attached to the base structure which provide a paper contacting side and a machine contacting side of the felt, the base structure comprises a side facing to the paper contacting side and another side facing to the machine contacting side of the press felt; b) a plurality of polymeric beads or strands made from a compressive resilient polymeric material and being arranged on at least one of the two sides of the base structure, wherein the polymeric beads or strands arranged on the at least one side - have a longitudinal expansion at least partially in the machine direction of the press felt, - are arranged side-by-side when viewed in the cross machine direction of the felt to generate space between adjacent of the beads or strands and - have been formed on the at least one side of the base structure by applying the polymeric material in viscous or paste-like state onto the at least one side of the base structure and subsequently causing hardening of the polymeric material, whereinat least one of the batt fiber layers (6,7,8,9) being arranged on the at least one side of the base structure with the polymeric beads or strands to cover both the at least one side and the polymeric beads or strands applied thereon, wherein the polymeric beads or strands project in height above the at least one side to which they have been applied and at least partially penetrate from the at least one side to which they have been applied into the base structure, wherein the polymeric beads or strands penetrate into the base structure by an amount of between 0.1% and 50% of the overall thickness of the base structure. a) a base structure, especially one of a woven structure, a knitted structure or a non-woven yarn array, providing the dimensional stability at least in a machine and a cross machine direction of the felt and a batt fiber structure comprising a plurality of batt fiber layers (6,7,8,9) attached to the base structure which provide a paper contacting side and a machine contacting side of the felt, the base structure comprises a side facing to the paper contacting side and another side facing to the machine contacting side of the press felt; b) a plurality of polymeric beads or strands made from a compressive resilient polymeric material and being arranged on at least one of the two sides of the base structure, wherein the polymeric beads or strands arranged on the at least one side - have a longitudinal expansion at least partially in the machine direction of the press felt, - are arranged side-by-side when viewed in the cross machine direction of the felt to generate space between adjacent of the beads or strands and - have been formed on the at least one side of the base structure by applying the polymeric material in viscous or paste-like state onto the at least one side of the base structure and subsequently causing hardening of the polymeric material, whereinat least one of the batt fiber layers (6,7,8,9) being arranged on the at least one side of the base structure with the polymeric beads or strands to cover both the at least one side and the polymeric beads or strands applied thereon, wherein the polymeric beads or strands project in height above the at least one side to which they have been applied and at least partially penetrate from the at least one side to which they have been applied into the base structure, wherein the polymeric beads or strands penetrate into the base structure by an amount of between 0.1% and 50% of the overall thickness of the base structure. - have a longitudinal expansion at least partially in the machine direction of the press felt, - are arranged side-by-side when viewed in the cross machine direction of the felt to generate space between adjacent of the beads or strands and - have been formed on the at least one side of the base structure by applying the polymeric material in viscous or paste-like state onto the at least one side of the base structure and subsequently causing hardening of the polymeric material, whereinat least one of the batt fiber layers (6,7,8,9) being arranged on the at least one side of the base structure with the polymeric beads or strands to cover both the at least one side and the polymeric beads or strands applied thereon, wherein the polymeric beads or strands project in height above the at least one side to which they have been applied and at least partially penetrate from the at least one side to which they have been applied into the base structure, wherein the polymeric beads or strands penetrate into the base structure by an amount of between 0.1% and 50% of the overall thickness of the base structure.