Rigging-Busters works as printing equipment movers in Toronto for commercial printers, packaging and label converters and print finishers. Our crew splits press units, skids them out, loads and hauls them, then sets each unit in place and levels it so the OEM technician can recommission the press. Offset, flexo and digital presses, folders, cutters and bindery lines move under one plan.
- Industrial only: presses, finishing lines and plant equipment. No print jobs, office printers or household moves.
- One crew for the move: splitting, skidding, transport, set-in-place and levelling, with millwright installation when you need it.
- Fast quotes: replies within 2–4 business hours.
- Service area: Toronto, the GTA and southern Ontario.
Contact us about printing press moves in Toronto, ON and the surrounding area.
Need a ballpark first? Use our Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator for a quick, rough price range.
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Our services are tailored to the needs of commercial printers, offset lithography operators, flexo and label converters and large-format printing providers across Toronto. Printing is a manufacturing trade, and in 2025 the City’s Employment Areas held 90% of Toronto’s manufacturing and warehousing jobs, according to its Development Activity Bulletin.
Comprehensive Printing Press Moving Solutions in Toronto
As heavy machinery movers who work inside pressrooms, we move commercial printing presses and the equipment around them. Each machine family needs its own plan:
Offset Printing Equipment Movers
Sheetfed and web offset presses travel unit by unit. The OEM technician disconnects the press and marks where the printing units, feeder, delivery and any coater or dryer come apart; we split the sections there, skid each one on machinery skates or lift it with a hydraulic gantry, protect cylinders and rollers the way the technician asks, and load it for the trip to the new pressroom.
Flexo, Label and Packaging Presses
Packaging and label converters run CI and stack flexo presses, narrow-web label presses, laminators and slitter-rewinders. These machines are heavy for their footprint and must stay square in transit, so we rig them only at the lifting points the maker specifies and keep every section upright and braced on the trailer.
Digital Printing Equipment Movers
Toner and inkjet production presses carry sensitive electronics and print heads. Your OEM technician prepares the engine for transport; we move it upright on skates or pallets, keep it covered and dry on the way, and set it on the new footprint ready for reconnection.
Large Format Printing Equipment Movers
Sign and display shops call us as printer movers for wide-format and flatbed printers, cutting tables and laminators. Moving printers of this size is mostly skid and forklift work: we load the crate or skid, secure it for the trip and place the machine where your installer wants it.
Automatic Screen Printing Press Moving
Automatic carousel presses and conveyor dryers come apart into the carousel, the base and the dryer. We tag each connection before it is undone, move the parts on skates or a forklift, and stand the press back up level so your team can register the screens again.
Folders, Cutters, Bindery and Finishing Lines
Folders, guillotine cutters, saddle stitchers, perfect binders, die-cutters and mailing lines often move with the press. Your operator secures or removes the guillotine knife before we touch the cutter, and each finishing machine goes back in the order your workflow needs.
Moving one machine rather than a pressroom? See our machinery movers in Toronto page.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
How We Move a Printing Press in Toronto
A press move is a planned rigging job with several trades on site. This is the order we work in:
- Press details and photos: make, model, number of units, sheet or web width, weights from the OEM manual, both addresses and your shutdown dates.
- Site visit: we walk the pressroom, the route to the dock, door widths, the ceiling height for a gantry and the floor at the new site.
- Move plan and permits: the split points, the method for each unit, the trailers, and City and MTO permits for any oversize unit.
- Your side gets ready: your team clears paper, ink and solvents, your licensed electricians disconnect and lock out power, and the OEM technician prepares the press.
- Split, rig and skid: units are separated at the OEM joints, tagged, rigged and rolled to the dock on skates, a hydraulic gantry or jack-and-roll.
- Load and transport on trailers matched to each unit, braced and covered for the trip.
- Set in place and level on the new footprint, unit by unit in the original order, ready for the OEM technician to rejoin, align and recommission.
Who Does What on a Press Move
- OEM technicians disconnect the press mechanically, mark the split points, then rejoin, align and recommission it at the new site.
- Your licensed electricians disconnect and reconnect power. In Ontario, electrical work for hire needs a Licensed Electrical Contractor (O. Reg. 570/05).
- Your contractor builds any new foundation, pit or trench before move day.
- Your team clears paper, ink, solvents and fountain solution, and empties the reel stands.
- Our crew splits the units, skids, loads, hauls, sets them in place and levels them.
Equipment Our Crew Uses
- Machinery skates to roll press units across the pressroom floor
- Hydraulic gantries where the building has no overhead crane
- Jack-and-roll to raise heavy units in stages and roll them into position
- Heavy-capacity forklifts for loading, unloading and placing
- Trailers matched to each unit, including lowboys for tall sections
- Crane lifts, when a job needs one, with our crane or a partner crane; see crane rigging and heavy lifting in Toronto
Press Transport and Permits in Toronto
A truck and load that meets or exceeds 4.15 m high, 2.59 m wide, 21.33 m long or 50,000 kg needs a City of Toronto single-trip oversize load permit. Normal processing takes 7 to 10 business days, and the 2026 fee is $66.41 plus HST per trip, or $83.01 plus HST inside a Construction Hub. The carrier must scout the permitted route 48 hours before the move.
Excess loads are not allowed on the Don Valley Parkway, Black Creek Drive, the Allen Expressway, the elevated Lake Shore Boulevard West between Rees Street and Dan Leckie Way, or the Gardiner Expressway from the Humber River east, so we plan the route around them. On Highways 401, 427, 400 and 404, an oversize unit needs an MTO oversize/overweight permit, and Ontario asks carriers to apply at least 5 business days ahead.
Why Choose Us for Printing Press Moving in Toronto
Printers hire us because one crew carries the press from the old floor to the new one:
- Industrial specialists: presses, finishing lines and plant equipment only.
- One crew, start to finish: rigging, skidding, transport, set-in-place and levelling, with millwright installation when needed.
- Planned with your OEM: we follow the technician’s split points and sequence, so recommissioning starts on time.
- Built around your press runs: nights and weekends when the print schedule needs them.
- Permits and routes handled for oversize press units.
- Storage when the new building is not ready yet.
- Fast answers: quote replies within 2–4 business hours.
A good fit: commercial and packaging printers, label converters, sign and display shops, in-plant print rooms, and dealers delivering or removing used presses.
Not a fit: print jobs or printing services (we are not a print shop), the history of the printing press, office printers, copiers and plotters, press repair or parts, art and household moves.
Heavy Equipment & Machinery Movers
At Rigging-Busters, we’re not just printing press movers.
Press moves are specialty rigging and machinery moving work, so the same crew also moves the heavy equipment around a print plant: air compressors, chillers, dryers, balers, machine tools and complete production lines.
Trust us with the industrial side of your move in Toronto, CA; desks and office furniture belong with an office mover.
Heavy Equipment Movers in Toronto
As a machine moving company, we also provide heavy equipment moving services in Toronto beyond the pressroom. For a whole facility, see factory and plant relocation in Toronto; for trailers at the dock, heavy equipment loading and unloading in Toronto; and for a closing plant or an auction purchase, plant closure and auction removal in Toronto.
Need a lift without transport? As a rigging company in Toronto, we also rig and skid machines in place; see industrial rigging services in Toronto.
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Printing Press Moving Cost in Toronto: What Affects the Price
Every press move is quoted per job, after we see the press details or visit the site. The main cost drivers are:
- Press size and units: format, number of printing units, coaters and dryers, and the weight of each section
- How far the press is split: the joints the OEM technician opens and how the crew works around those steps
- Access at both ends: dock height, door width, ceiling height for a gantry, floor capacity and freight elevators in older buildings
- Distance, permits and escorts for oversize units, from the City of Toronto and the MTO
- Extras: crating, storage, finishing equipment and millwright installation
- Timing: night or weekend work to protect your print schedule
The OEM technician’s time is quoted by the press maker or its dealer, not by us, so ask for that part early. Quotes are in Canadian dollars (CAD), and estimates are free.
Contact Us Today
Contact us today for a full-service printing equipment relocation in Toronto or specialized storage solutions.
Tell us what is moving and where, and we will plan each step of your printing equipment move, from a single digital press in a small shop to a full pressroom.
Have These Ready for an Exact Quote
The more we know up front, the faster and more accurate the quote. Send these with your quote request:
- Press make, model and format, the number of units, and any coater, dryer or perfecting unit
- Weights and the OEM’s split points, if you have the manual or installation drawings
- Both addresses, with dock, door, ceiling and floor details
- Finishing equipment moving with the press: folders, cutters, stitchers and binders
- Your shutdown window and the OEM technician’s dates
- Photos of the press, the pressroom and the route out
Call Right Now
Ready to move your printing press in Toronto, ON?
Contact Rigging-Busters now for a FREE quote or to schedule your move.
Let us take the stress out of moving your valuable printing equipment.
We’re here to help every step of the way.
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Service Area: Toronto Employment Areas and the GTA
We move presses across Toronto, from South Etobicoke and Rexdale-Airport through North York to Scarborough, where the Tapscott area led the City’s 2025 count of proposed projects in its Areas of Employment, with 27 projects and 347,420 m² of proposed non-residential floor space. We also work across the GTA: Vaughan and Concord, Markham, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and Durham Region.
Moving a press in Peel Region? See our printing press movers in Mississauga and printing press movers in Brampton pages. For other machinery anywhere in the province, see machinery movers in Ontario.
Key Cities We Serve for Press Moves Around Toronto
| City | Province | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | Ontario | Canada |
| Mississauga | Ontario | Canada |
| Milton | Ontario | Canada |
| Vaughan | Ontario | Canada |
| Markham | Ontario | Canada |
| Richmond Hill | Ontario | Canada |
| Brampton | Ontario | Canada |
| Bolton | Ontario | Canada |
| King City | Ontario | Canada |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | Ontario | Canada |
| Oakville | Ontario | Canada |
| Burlington | Ontario | Canada |
| Whitby | Ontario | Canada |
| Ajax | Ontario | Canada |
| Pickering | Ontario | Canada |
| Newmarket | Ontario | Canada |
| Aurora | Ontario | Canada |
| Oshawa | Ontario | Canada |
| Georgetown | Ontario | Canada |
| Halton Hills | Ontario | Canada |
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Other Services in Toronto
Related services from our Toronto crew (or see all our services in Toronto):
- Heavy Equipment & Machinery Movers in Toronto, ON
- Heavy & Industrial Rigging Services in Toronto, ON
- Factory & Plant Relocation Services in Toronto, ON
- Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Toronto, ON
- Forklift Moving Service in Toronto, ON
- CNC Machine Movers in Toronto, ON
- Electrical Transformer Moving Services in Toronto, ON
- Heavy Equipment Loading & Unloading in Toronto, ON
- Plant Closure & Auction Removal in Toronto, ON
- Crane Rigging & Heavy Lifting in Toronto, ON
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Printing Press Movers in Toronto: FAQ
Every press move is priced per job. The cost depends on the number of units and their weight, how far the OEM technician splits the press, access at both ends, distance, permits and timing. If a unit is oversize, the City of Toronto permit is $66.41 plus HST per trip in 2026. Our Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator gives a rough range, and estimates are free.
Plan it with the press maker. The OEM technician disconnects the press and marks the split points, your licensed electricians disconnect the power, and your team clears paper, ink and solvents. A rigging crew then separates the units, rolls them out on skates or lifts them with a gantry, hauls them on matched trailers and sets them back in order, level, for recommissioning.
The main risks are a twisted or dropped unit, damaged cylinders or rollers, and a press that will not come back into register because it was not set level. Others are spilled ink or solvent, a floor that cannot carry the load and a missed permit date. Lifting only at the maker’s points, levelling each unit and booking permits early prevent most of them.
The OEM technician disconnects the press mechanically, marks where it splits and later rejoins, aligns and recommissions it. Your licensed electricians disconnect and reconnect power, as Ontario requires a Licensed Electrical Contractor for electrical work for hire. Your contractor builds any foundation or pit. Our crew separates the units at the marked joints, moves them and sets them in place, level.
Only if the truck and load meet or exceed 4.15 m high, 2.59 m wide, 21.33 m long or 50,000 kg. Then the City issues a single-trip oversize load permit, which normally takes 7 to 10 business days and costs $66.41 plus HST per trip, or $83.01 plus HST inside a Construction Hub. Provincial highways also need an MTO permit. We apply for both.
The City does not allow excess loads on the Don Valley Parkway, Black Creek Drive, the Allen Expressway, the elevated Lake Shore Boulevard West between Rees Street and Dan Leckie Way, or the Gardiner Expressway from the Humber River east. We plan the route around them, and the carrier scouts the permitted route 48 hours before the move, as the permit requires.
Plan for weeks, not days. An oversize City permit normally takes 7 to 10 business days, the OEM technician must be booked, and any new foundation must be ready. The move itself usually runs from about a day for a digital press to several days for a multi-unit offset or flexo press, followed by the OEM recommissioning before the first job.
Yes. Each road owner issues its own oversize permit: the City of Toronto for its streets, the City of Mississauga for Mississauga streets, the Region of Peel for Regional roads and for Brampton, the municipality and York Region for Vaughan, and the MTO for Highways 401, 427 and 400. We line them up so the units arrive when the new floor is ready.
Yes. If the new building, floor or power is not ready, we can store crated or skidded press units and finishing equipment between the two moves and deliver them when your OEM technician is booked. Tell us the dates and sizes with your quote request so storage, handling and the second delivery are priced in from the start.
No. Office printers, copiers and plotters are a job for an office mover or the dealer. We are not a print shop either, so we do not take print jobs. We move production equipment for Toronto printers and converters: offset, flexo and digital presses, large-format printers on skids, folders, cutters, stitchers, binders and complete finishing lines.
