Multiaxial press fabric having shaped yarns

A multiaxial press fabric for the press section of a paper machine, said multiaxial press fabric comprising:

• a base fabric, said base fabric having a first layer, said first layer comprising a first fabric strip, said first fabric strip being woven from lengthwise and crosswise yarns wherein at least one of said lengthwise and crosswise yarns are shaped yarns, said first fabric strip having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said first fabric strip being spirally wound in a plurality of contiguous turns wherein said first lateral edge in a turn of said first fabric strip abuts said second lateral edge of an adjacent turn thereof, thereby forming a helically continuous seam separating adjacent turns of said first fabric strip, said helically continuous seam being closed by attaching abutting first and second lateral edges of said first fabric strip to one another, thereby providing said first layer and said base fabric in the form of an endless loop having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction, an inner surface and an outer surface;
• and
• a plurality of layers of staple fiber material attached to one of said inner and outer surfaces of said base fabric,
• wherein said shaped yarns are monofilament yarns of a non-circular cross section, wherein said non-circular cross section is of a substantially rectangular shape, and wherein said shaped yarns are perforated.