Melbourne industry mourns Alan Ferguson, ASF Printing.

Last week many members of the Melbourne printing industry went to the funeral of Alan Ferguson, (51) proprietor of ASF Printing. His untimely death is a tragic loss. Richard Rasmussen extends his condolences.

I am certainly not qualified to write an obituary for Alan. We did coffee from time to time over a number of years, commonly talking about the happenings in the industry and business in general. He ran a sizable organisation doing a fair portion of trade work, with automated presses – A2 and multicolour A3, CtP and bindery. He was a very hard, no frills worker. He always gave his time generously and was genuinely well known and well liked. What I would describe as, one of the good guys in the industry.

Many will be able to match this description to people they know.
Messages of condolence can be read at here

One of Alan’s old Albury friends, who spoke at the funeral, said that he was a giver without being that great at receiving If the size of the congregation was anything to go by, there were plenty to give help, had he asked.
The day after Alan died this article appeared in The Herald Sun. It’s a good read, and hopefully by becoming more aware of the issues, we can reach out and help others that, like Alan, may be vulnerable, or perhaps contact organisations like Beyond Blue, which is a most informative web site