To provide a press apparatus capable of achieving speedup and stabilization of pressing work.

The press apparatus includes: a pressing device 8 for working a sheet-like member 6 in a working area 4; an unwinding device 10 for unwinding a sheet-like member 6 to be worked; a winding device 12 for winding a sheet-like member 6 worked; a sending device 14 for intermittently sending the sheet-like member 6 through the working area 4; and a control means 16 for controlling the number of revolutions of the unwinding device 10 and the winding device 12. When a loop-shaped lowest end 36 of an upstream side loop 28 is detected by a first upper limit detection sensor 32 or a first lower limit detection sensor 34, the control means 16 increases or decreases the number of revolutions of the unwinding device 10. When a loop-shaped lowest end 50 of a downstream side loop 42 is detected by a second upper limit detection sensor 46 or a second lower limit detection sensor 48, the control means 16 decreases or increases the number of revolutions of the winding device 12.