A system for producing molded fiber articles includes a wet press subsystem including a forming platen for carrying a single forming die, and a wet press platen assembly for carrying a plurality of wet press dies, including at least a first wet press die and a second wet press die. The wet press platen assembly is movable relative to the forming platen to alternately align the first and second wet press dies with the forming die in successive cycles of the wet press subsystem to produce one first wet pressed fiber mat and one second wet pressed fiber mat. The system further includes a dry press having at least a first dry press station and a second dry press station, the first dry press station and the second dry press station configured to receive one first wet pressed mat and one second wet pressed mat, respectively, and the dry press closable to simultaneously close the first and second dry press stations to produce dry pressed first and second fiber mats.