A double belt press with a first, lower revolving plastic belt and with a second, upper revolving plastic belt, the plastic belts having a first, low flexural rigidity, and a product gap between the mutually confronting strands of the plastic belts being formed for the purpose of shaping a plate-like product, a first revolving lower steel belt and a second revolving upper steel belt, the steel belts having a second flexural rigidity which is high in relation to the flexural rigidity of the plastic belts, a shaping portion being formed between the mutually confronting strands of the steel belts, the shaping portion forming part of the product gap, during operation the first, lower steel belt running in the shaping portion parallel to and so as to bear against a rear side, facing away from the product gap, of the first plastic belt, and during operation the second, upper steel belt running in the shaping portion parallel to and so as to bear against a rear side, facing away from the product gap, of the second plastic belt.