PURPOSE: To perform proper handling without damaging a plateform substance by sucking and holding the end surface of the plateform substance by means of a vacuum pad and correcting a position by means of a press member.

CONSTITUTION: The end surface of a plateform substance 11 is sucked to a flat surface 14 of a vacuum pad 10 to hold the plateform substance in an standing-upright state. Press members 12 and 12 are moved toward each other by a given distance, and the position of the plateform substance 11 is pressed from the surface side and the back side of the plateform substance 11 to correct a position by means of an opposite distance between the press members 12 and 12. In this case, the opposite distance is increased to a value slightly higher than the thickness of the plateform substance 11 to prevent the damage of the plateform substance. Different press members 13 and 13 are then moved in the direction of an arrow mark and push the two end surfaces of the plateform substance 11 to correct a position. Thereafter, the two sets of the press members 12, 12 and 13, 13 are separated from the plateform substance 11, and through movement of a vacuum pad, handling is effected so as to contain, for example, the plateform substance 11 in a container.