Ascent Partners provides specialist business sales, acquisition, appraisal and consultancy services to the Australian Printing and Graphic Arts industry. In this market we have:

— A proven track record as a business agent - many business sales, acquisitions
     and appraisals have been successfully conducted

— Long term experience and knowledge of the industry and understanding of business operations

— High quality networks and data bases

We are fully licensed and equipped to provide business sales, acquisition and appraisal services in Victoria and New South Wales. In other states and territories, we work with local licensed agents and provide then access to our specialist market knowledge, data bases and systems.

Our principal, Richard Rasmussen, has been involved in numerous industry business sales including printers, including offset, screen, packaging, digital, in-house, label; and allied services such as print management companies and binderies.

Our consultancy services are aimed at producing the desired outcome as quickly and efficiently as possible. Normally focused on business development, sales marketing, planning and strategy, and preparation for business sales, these services are delivered on a project by project basis, or via tailored monthly meetings with proprietors / management team.

We know the industry intimately – how printing companies operate, the machinery and systems they use, what vendors and acquirers are looking for, and how the market rates businesses.

Our approach is down to earth, cuts to the chase, and is based on market realities.