More than 400 transactions exceeding $2 billion in aggregate deals |  Axial Top Performer

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Our Industry Expertise.

We are the premier M&A firm dedicated exclusively to the printing and packaging sectors. With over 400 transactions closed, we understand the idiosyncrasies of your business and the precision required to find the perfect match.

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Sell Side Representation

Sell Side Representation

NDP guides selling shareholders through every stage of the transaction – providing valuation, preparing materials, identifying buyers, negotiating terms, and managing the process – while insulating them from the emotional and contentious aspects of a sale and aggressively protecting and maximizing the value of what is often their family’s largest asset.

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Buy Side Representation

Buy Side Representation

NDP acts as a full corporate development arm for acquirors – assessing objectives, building the deal team, identifying and evaluating targets, approaching prospects, valuing opportunities, and structuring transactions that align with both the buyer’s goals and the seller’s needs.

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Valuation Services

Valuation Services

NDP delivers objective, defensible valuations for privately held companies across many industries, supporting a wide range of needs – from estate and succession planning to disputes, tax matters, and M&A – backed by deep experience and rigorous analysis.

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Capital Formation

Capital Formation

NDP provides end to end capital formation support – analyzing a company’s financial position, determining optimal capital structure, preparing materials, identifying and engaging funding sources, evaluating proposals, and managing the closing process – to help clients secure equity or debt financing for growth, working capital, or acquisitions.

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Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning

NDP helps companies define clear goals and align their teams by leading a structured strategic planning process that produces actionable, measurable short and long term strategies to drive sustained success.

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Client Testimonials

“New Direction Partners has been great to work with. They are well-connected, and they know the business. One of the nice things about working with them is that they are good at setting realistic seller expectations before putting a company on the market. That way there are no surprise to the seller, and it makes negotiations go more smoothly.”

Taylor Blackwell,
President, Walker 360

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“Two gentlemen in Seattle, entrepreneurs who had been in the tech business, wanted to go into business together and were looking to purchase a commercial printing business. They were working a deal with New Direction Partners that fell through, and Tom Williams suggested HONBLUE. “It turned out to be a totally different kind of buyer than HONBLUE was thinking about, but they brought a lot of business expertise from their years working at larger companies. We are all excited about the future of HONBLUE under the new ownership. We thank Tom Williams and New Direction Partners formaking this introduction that led to the ultimate ownership transition.”

Harvey Rackmil,
CFO, HONBLUE

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“New Direction Partners has been good to work with. They have a good handle on the numbers, the history of the business, and they understand what types of businesses would be a good fit. They have offered good advice in structuring the transactions, whether they were outright purchases or a tuck-in made more sense. They also have a good reputation in the industry, which is important for these types of transactions. That adds a level of confidence to working with them to close these deals. They are also good with helping in establishing valuation, although I also get independent valuations from my bank and/or CPA.”

Steve McCaffrey,
CEO, Power Print Group

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"Why work with New Direction Partners? Wislocky stated, “You get personal service, and the rapport between Paul and Jim was very important. I could call them and they would get back to me quickly, or we could have a Zoom meeting to work things out. They brought a lot of personalization to the process, very hands on. I highly recommend that anyone looking to sell their printing business look into working with New Direction Partners. Their partnership with me in this endeavor was invaluable.”

Bob Wislocky,
President, Newark Trade Typographers

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New Direction Partners is proud to frequently be recognized as a top performing investment bank by Axial, a platform for deal sourcing, deal marketing, and relationship-driven business development.

How ‘Philosophical Alignment’
Led to a Textbook Deal

If there’s such a thing as a textbook M&A transaction – one in which every step of the process is tantamount to a best practice for selling a company to a new owner – we’d nominate the sale we recently helped to close on behalf of our client, Enterprise Marking Products (EMP) of Fishers, IN. This transaction was proof that as long as the human factor of an acquisition is what it should be, the business aspect will take care of itself.

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 Partnerships

At New Direction Partners, we look at partnerships in a variety of different ways. First and foremost, we partner with our clients, whether buying, selling, or seeking a valuation of their business. We also partner with outside resources in order to achieve a sale that meets the needs of both parties, as quickly and seamlessly as possible.

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