Display panel assembly apparatus and assembly method

A display panel assembly method for assembling a display panel by bonding a substrate onto a glass panel via a bonding material, the display panel assembly method comprising:

• a panel loading step for loading the glass panel, in which the connector is bonded to its edge, to a panel-positioning unit;
• a panel positioning step for holding the glass panel and positioning the glass panel with respect to the bonder from a first side by the panel-positioning unit;
• a substrate transport step for transferring the substrate supplied to a substrate holder at a substrate-feeding position to the bonder from a second side by circulating the substrate holder on which the substrate is placed using a circulatory transport mechanism;
• a bonding material feeding step for supplying the bonding material to the substrate held with the substrate holder by a bonding material feeder in a middle of the substrate transport step, the bonding material feeder being disposed on a circulating route of the circulatory transport mechanism;
• a bonding step for bonding the connector bonded to the glass panel in advance onto the substrate via the bonding material by the bonder;
• and
• a panel unloading step for unloading an assembled display panel from the panel-positioning unit.