An apparatus for manufacturing a laminate for a secondary battery comprising: an electrode roll of a long electrode web rolled into a roll shape; a separator roll of a long separator web rolled into a roll shape; a protruding portion molding member disposition mechanism for disposing a protruding portion molding member on at least one of a main surface of the separator web fed out from the separator roll and a main surface of the electrode web fed out from the electrode roll; a lamination mechanism for joining the separator web and the electrode web having the protruding portion molding member interposed therebetween and causing the separator web to be bent or curled at a position where the protruding portion molding member has been disposed to form a protruding portion extending across an entire width of the separator web, and laminating the separator web and the electrode web; and a cutting mechanism for cutting at least the electrode web portion in a laminated article of the separator web and the electrode web at a position where the protruding portion has been provided, wherein the lamination mechanism comprises a pressing device comprising a separator web side holding member and an electrode web side holding member for sandwiching to laminate the separator web and the electrode web, wherein the separator web holding member has an elastic modulus that is lower than an elastic modulus of the protruding portion molding member, and the electrode web holding member has an elastic modulus that is higher than the elastic modulus of the protruding portion molding member, and wherein the separator web side holding member and the electrode web side holding member are pressing rollers. an electrode roll of a long electrode web rolled into a roll shape; a separator roll of a long separator web rolled into a roll shape; a protruding portion molding member disposition mechanism for disposing a protruding portion molding member on at least one of a main surface of the separator web fed out from the separator roll and a main surface of the electrode web fed out from the electrode roll; a lamination mechanism for joining the separator web and the electrode web having the protruding portion molding member interposed therebetween and causing the separator web to be bent or curled at a position where the protruding portion molding member has been disposed to form a protruding portion extending across an entire width of the separator web, and laminating the separator web and the electrode web; and a cutting mechanism for cutting at least the electrode web portion in a laminated article of the separator web and the electrode web at a position where the protruding portion has been provided, wherein the lamination mechanism comprises a pressing device comprising a separator web side holding member and an electrode web side holding member for sandwiching to laminate the separator web and the electrode web, wherein the separator web holding member has an elastic modulus that is lower than an elastic modulus of the protruding portion molding member, and the electrode web holding member has an elastic modulus that is higher than the elastic modulus of the protruding portion molding member, and wherein the separator web side holding member and the electrode web side holding member are pressing rollers. <EOS>