Abstract: A machine for producing thin paper web at high speed comprises a forming section (often called a twin wire former), a web transfer section (in which the formed sheet is transferred to the press felt), and a press roll over which the press felt with the web is turned so that the web presses against the warm Yankee cylinder, the web being formed between a felt--or a press fabric (2)--and a forming fabric (3). The forming unit, consisting of the felt and fabric, is placed in such a position in relation to the press roll (8) that the web (10), when separated from the forming fabric (3), is transproted on the top side of the felt (2) into a press nip against a Yankee cylinder (7) surface along a straight path tangentially to the Yankee cylinder surface.