Apparatus for producing a trim panel having at least a substrate and a cover sheet laminated to said substrate , the apparatus comprising: - a first mold section , with a first surface area and a holding device holding the substrate on the first surface area ; - a second mold section , with a second surface area ; - a clamping frame , with a first clamping member , a second clamping member and a clamping drive moving the first clamping member and the second clamping member with respect to one another between a cover sheet clamping position and a cover sheet release position, an edge of the cover sheet being clamped between the first clamping member and the second clamping member in the clamping position, the edge of the cover sheet being free with respect to the first clamping member and/or the second clamping member in the release position, the cover sheet extending between the first surface area and the second surface area in the clamping position; - a main drive moving the first mold section and the second mold section with respect to one another between a molding position and an open position, the first surface area and the second surface area being pressed against one another with the substrate and the cover sheet between them in the molding position, the first surface area and the second surface area being away from one another in the open position, wherein the main drive moves the first mold section with respect to the second mold section longitudinally between the molding position and the open position, the apparatus being characterized in that the first mold section comprises a main part defining a main area of the first surface area and at least one longitudinal slider movable with respect to the main part between an extended position and a retracted position, the or each longitudinal slider defining a first surface edge area of the first surface area in the extended position, and the or each longitudinal slider being retracted longitudinally away from the first surface area in the retracted position. - a first mold section , with a first surface area and a holding device holding the substrate on the first surface area ; - a second mold section , with a second surface area ; - a clamping frame , with a first clamping member , a second clamping member and a clamping drive moving the first clamping member and the second clamping member with respect to one another between a cover sheet clamping position and a cover sheet release position, an edge of the cover sheet being clamped between the first clamping member and the second clamping member in the clamping position, the edge of the cover sheet being free with respect to the first clamping member and/or the second clamping member in the release position, the cover sheet extending between the first surface area and the second surface area in the clamping position; - a main drive moving the first mold section and the second mold section with respect to one another between a molding position and an open position, the first surface area and the second surface area being pressed against one another with the substrate and the cover sheet between them in the molding position, the first surface area and the second surface area being away from one another in the open position, wherein the main drive moves the first mold section with respect to the second mold section longitudinally between the molding position and the open position, <EOS>