A punch press capable of carrying out various processing with few tools, and the exchanging of cartridges efficiently. The punch press includes a punch frame 2 having upper and lower transferring and loading paths 17, 18 wherein upper and lower cartridges 7 loaded with a punch tool and a die tool, respectively, move in or move out freely. A ram 38 drives the punch tool of the upper cartridge 7. The transferring and loading paths 17, 18 are employed wherein the upper and lower cartridges 7 are capable of being stored and discharged to the inside and the outside of the press frame 2 independently. The upper and lower transferring and loading paths 17, 18 are capable of storing at least two cartridges 7 to the front and the back of the moving-in and moving-out direction. The cartridge transferring and loading paths 17, 18 are capable of transferring independently the front and back cartridges 7.
