Method of fabricating ceramic laminated electronic component

A method of fabricating a ceramic laminated electronic component, comprising the steps of:

• preparing a plurality of ceramic green sheets, each ceramic green sheet having on a surface thereof electrode pastes printed in a plurality of regions, and positioning marks printed in positions having a constant positional relationship to said electrode pastes;
• mounting a first one of said plurality of ceramic green sheets on a suction plate and removing wrinkles in the mounted ceramic green sheet to flatten the mounted ceramic green sheet on the suction plate;
• holding the flattened ceramic green sheet in a suction chuck and transferring the held ceramic green sheet from said suction plate to a laminating stage by said suction chuck;
• applying the ceramic green sheet to the laminating stage from said suction chuck;
• repeating the mounting, holding and transferring steps with a second one of said plurality of ceramic green sheets and laminating said second ceramic green sheet on an upper surface of the previously applied ceramic green sheet on the laminating stage from said suction chuck on the basis of said positioning marks;
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• repeating the mounting, holding, and transferring steps with each remaining ceramic green sheet of said plurality of ceramic green sheets and laminating each of said remaining ceramic green sheets on an upper surface of a previously laminated ceramic green sheet on said laminating stage from said suction chuck on the basis of said positioning marks;
• said laminating step including preliminarily fixing said plurality of ceramic green sheets to each other,
• wherein the step of removing wrinkles in said mounted ceramic green sheet is carried out by the steps of:
• applying suction and fixing the ceramic green sheet on said suction plate, and
• applying wrinkle removing means for above on an upper surface of said ceramic green sheet;
• said wrinkle removing means comprising a sheet pressing member having a part which is applied to said ceramic green sheet, said part of said sheet pressing member comprising a film having flexibility.