a plurality of forming steps can be carried out with a single press 70 that is the plurality of steps that are the trimming effected by the trimming die pair 12 the coarse bending effected by the coarse bending die pair 25 and the finish bending effected by the finish bending die pair 40 can be executed simultaneously the trimming die pair 12 the coarse bending die pair 25 and the finish bending die pair 40 are provided en bloc on a single press 70 by way of upper and lower die sets 65 67 consequently only one press 70 is needed and plant costs can be kept down as a result the cost of the product can be lowered also because the trimming die pair 12 the coarse bending die pair 25 and the finish bending die pair 40 can be controlled simultaneously just by controlling the single press 70 control can be made simple the operation of this forming press apparatus 10 will now be explained on the basis of fig2 through fig5 as explained above with reference to fig3 as a result of a plurality of shots of the press 70 being made a drawn forming 23 is set on the lower die 20 of the trimming die pair 12 a trimmed forming 35 is set on the lower die 32 of the coarse bending die pair 25 and a coarsely bent forming 49 is set on the lower die 47 of the finish bending die pair 40 in this state the raising and lowering means 75 of the press 70 is operated and the slider 74 is thereby lowered the upper die set 65 shown in fig2 is lowered as shown with.