Printers Parts & Equipment

What Printers Parts & Equipment does

Printers Parts & Equipment is a privately held, family-owned dealer of used industrial printing, bindery, and finishing equipment, headquartered in Toronto, Canada and operating a second warehouse in Orlando, Florida. Founded in 1972, the company buys used printing machinery — primarily offset presses (sheet-fed and web) from manufacturers such as Heidelberg, Komori, KBA, Roland, and Mitsubishi, alongside bindery/finishing equipment, digital presses, wide-format inkjet, packaging and converting machinery, pre-press/CTP systems, and spare parts — for its own inventory, then resells those machines directly to commercial printers and print shops worldwide, with full inspection, photography, condition reporting, dismantling, rigging, and international shipping to customers in 120+ countries.

The company's core technology layer is a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront (used-presses.net) that lists its owned inventory with detailed specifications, photographs, and search/filter functionality across roughly 922 machines and 18 equipment categories. A separate parts shop (shop.printersparts.com) sells consumables and spare parts, and a "Machine Request" sourcing service uses the company's 45,000-customer contact database and global supplier network to locate specific machines that are not currently in inventory, including entire print-plant buyouts.

The business model is overwhelmingly transaction-based used-equipment resale (one-off hardware sales) supplemented by spare-parts/aftermarket sales and request-based sourcing. Customer segments are horizontal across commercial printers, print shops, and printing plants/operations — including the buy-side (operators upgrading or downsizing) and the sell-side (operators liquidating equipment, including full plant closures). Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales, the e-commerce platform, an active trade-show circuit (Drupa, IPEX, China Print, IGAS, GraphExpo, and others), and newsletter marketing, all supported by a roughly 20-person team that includes factory-trained technicians and licensed riggers.

Name

Printers Parts & Equipment

Legal name

Printer's Parts & Equipment

Website

https://used-presses.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Printer's Parts & Equipment is a family-owned dealer of used offset, digital, bindery, finishing, and packaging printing equipment, founded in 1972 in Toronto with a second warehouse in Orlando, reselling inspected machinery and spare parts to commercial printers in 120+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Used Printing Equipment Resale

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993), All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (333998)

SIC

Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555), Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (5080)

akta.pro primary industry

Production & High-Volume Printing Systems (HDACAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Direct-to-Container & Digital Printing (Inkjet/Laser) (IMALAKAF)

Keywords

• Used printing equipment
• Offset printing presses
• Bindery finishing equipment
• Pre-press machinery
• Commercial printing resale

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Equipment Resale: Purchase of used printing, bindery, and finishing equipment for their own inventory, then resale to commercial printers and printing companies worldwide. One-time transaction model per machine.
2. Parts and Consumables: Spare parts and consumables for printing equipment sold through their parts shop at shop.printersparts.com.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Printer's Parts & Equipment is a global dealer of used printing, bindery, and finishing equipment that purchases quality pre-owned machinery—often from closing print shops and entire plant liquidations—and resells it from its own inventory to commercial printers worldwide. The company maintains a stocked catalog of more than 100 machines spanning sheet-fed and web offset presses, digital presses, wide-format inkjet systems, packaging and converting equipment, and pre-press systems. Beyond equipment resale, it offers spare parts and consumables, a custom machine sourcing service, plant buyouts with dismantling and rigging, financing including letters of credit, and international shipping to over 120 countries.

Product overview

Printer's Parts & Equipment operates a business-to-business marketplace for quality used printing equipment, functioning as a global dealer rather than a software platform. The core offering is a portfolio of used industrial printing machinery across 18 equipment categories. The product line centers on used offset printing presses (sheet-fed and web offset) from manufacturers such as Heidelberg, Komori, KBA, Roland, Mitsubishi, and Man-Roland, complemented by bindery and finishing equipment, digital presses, wide-format inkjet systems, packaging and converting machinery, and pre-press equipment including CTP systems. The company also offers spare parts and consumables through a separate online parts shop. Equipment is sold through an inventory listing platform where machines are inspected, photographed, and described with specifications. The business model is direct purchase for own inventory (not brokered sales), with services including equipment sourcing, inspection, dismantling, rigging, and international shipping to 120+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Used Sheet Fed Offset Presses Used sheet-fed offset printing presses from major manufacturers such as Heidelberg, Komori, KBA, Roland, Mitsubishi, and Man-Roland, targeted at commercial print shops needing reliable used equipment for short-to-medium run printing.
• Used Web Offset Presses Used web-fed offset printing presses suited for high-volume publication, newspaper, and commercial printing operations.
• Used Bindery and Finishing Equipment Used bindery and finishing equipment covering folders, cutters/guillotines, saddle stitchers, perfect binders, bookletmakers, laminators, drills, and bindery punches, targeted at print shops needing post-press processing capabilities.
• Used Digital Presses Used digital printing presses from manufacturers including Canon, OKI, Xante, and Xerox, intended for on-demand and short-run digital printing applications.
• Used Wide-Format Inkjet Equipment Used wide-format inkjet printing equipment from brands such as Roland, Agfa, Canon, Epson, HP, and Mimaki, targeted at print shops producing signage, graphics, and large-format output.
• Used Packaging and Converting Equipment Used packaging and converting machinery such as die cutters, shrink wrappers, strapping machines, and folder gluers, targeted at packaging converters and commercial printers expanding into packaging.
• Used Pre-Press Equipment Used pre-press equipment including Computer-to-Plate (CTP) systems such as Heidelberg Suprasetter and Fuji Luxel devices, intended for plate making in commercial printing workflows.
• Used Plate Punches and Benders Used precision plate punching and bending equipment for preparing printing plates, sourced from Heidelberg, Komori, and other manufacturers.
• Spare Parts and Consumables Replacement parts, consumables, and supplies used to maintain and repair printing equipment, sold through a dedicated online parts shop.
• Machine Sourcing Service A custom search service that uses the company's worldwide customer database and industry contacts to locate specific used printing or finishing machines when they are not in current inventory.
• Equipment Buyout and Plant Liquidation Service Outright purchase of used printing equipment and entire plants from printers that are upgrading, downsizing, or closing, including dismantling, rigging, and removal arranged by the buyer.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Goss International: Manufacturer of web offset and newspaper presses (Goss Community, Magnum). A brand carried by PPE in the Web Offset category, Goss competes broadly for high-volume publication print customers and overlaps with PPE's web-fed equipment inventory.
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: World's largest manufacturer of offset and digital presses (Heidelberg Speedmaster, Suprasetter). It is the principal OEM of the equipment PPE resells and also operates its own certified used-equipment program, making it a broad incumbent that overlaps with PPE across the same product and customer base.
• Komori Corporation: Major Japanese manufacturer of sheet-fed and web offset printing presses. Listed on the PPE brand list, Komori competes broadly in the same production-printing equipment category and supports a secondary used-equipment channel that intersects with PPE's inventory.
• ManRoland Druckmaschinen: German press manufacturer (Man-Roland, Roland) of sheet-fed and web offset presses explicitly listed in PPE's brand portfolio. A broad incumbent that competes for the same commercial print and packaging customers with new and refurbished equipment offerings.
• Polar-Mohr (Polar Group): German manufacturer of paper cutters and finishing systems featured in PPE's Cutters/Guillotines category. A broad incumbent in bindery/post-press equipment that competes for the same commercial print-finishing buyers.
• Müller Martini: Swiss-German manufacturer of bindery and finishing equipment (saddle stitchers, perfect binders). A primary OEM in PPE's finishing inventory, Müller Martini serves the same commercial print and finishing customers that PPE targets.
• Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA): German press and finishing equipment manufacturer (KBA Rapida, RotaJet). A featured OEM in PPE's inventory, KBA competes broadly in offset and digital press markets and sells through overlapping commercial-print customers.
• Bobst Group: Swiss-based manufacturer of packaging and converting equipment, including die cutters, folder gluers, and shrink wrappers which PPE resells. Bobst is a broad incumbent in the packaging converting space that overlaps directly with PPE's Packaging and Converting product line.

Direct peers

• PressDealer: Online marketplace specializing in used offset presses and printing equipment from major OEMs. Directly comparable to PPE in product category, target customer (commercial printers), and dealer model, serving as a primary direct competitor.
• Allied Printing Equipment: US-based dealer of used offset, digital, and finishing printing equipment. Directly comparable to PPE as a used-equipment dealer purchasing inventory outright and reselling to commercial printers, with overlapping sourcing and distribution channels.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/usedpresses
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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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