Australia’s Cactus Imaging is showcasing local print prowess on the global stage after being selected as one of the top five international winners at FESPA 2013 in London during a gala awards night on 27 June.
Keith Ferrel (pictured right), general manager strategic business development at Cactus Imaging – the wide format and sign and display subsidiary of OPUS Group – was on hand in London to receive the award from outgoing FESPA Prdsident, Gyorgy Kovacs, at the gala event (pictured left). 
The Hall of Fame 2013 nominees were from over 35 countries worldwide and included new and familiar faces. The overall global winner of the Hall of Fame 2013 was announced as Suresh Babu, AB Screens, India.
The top five global winners – listed below - were announced at FESPA 2013’s 50th Anniversary Gala Night:
1. Suresh Babu: AB Screens, India
2. Keith Ferrell: Cactus Imaging Australia, Australia
3. Samir Sadikoglu: European T-Shirt Factory (ETF), Turkey
4. Jon Weiss: New Buffalo Shirt Factory, USA
5. Felipe Costa: MC4 Promo, Brazil
The Hall of Fame highlights worthy printers from around the world who their peers hold up as international role models. Nominees who received several votes are inaugurated into the Hall of Fame and will receive a host of benefits as part of an exclusive group.
They will also receive VIP invitations to global FESPA events as well as discounted conference or summit delegate places. Once printers have been inducted into the Hall of Fame they also receive a lifetime membership.
Below is the list of Australian FESPA 2013 Hall of Fame inductees:
| Keith | Ferrel | Cactus Imaging Australia |
| Glenn | Watson | AFI Branding Solutions |
| Bruce | Rayment | Halifax Vogel Group |
| Steve | Allardice | Directimage |
| Martin | Johnston | VE Graphics |
| Vincent | Liem | VE Graphics |
Below is the breakdown of the FESPA Hall of Fame 2013 winner for each country.
Australia: Keith Ferrel, Cactus Imaging
Austria: Werner Lang, Lang & Lang
Belgium: Dan Vandevoorde, X-Treme
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Osman Kucuk, Sorea d.o.o
Brazil: Felipe Costa, MC4 Promo
Bulgaria: Aleksandar Tanev, Bravo Pechatni Tehnologii Ltd
Canada: Alan Culbert, The Central Group
Czech Republic: Ondrej Parpel, OP Tiger Ltd
Denmark: Troels Nrhede, Visuel Print
France: Michel Caza, FESPA Ltd
Germany: Simon Pless, Erler & Pless
Greece: Elias Koutoumanos, Netprint
Hungary: Károly Orbán, Codex Wertpapierdruckerei geschlossene AG
India: Suresh Babu, AB Screens
Ireland: Colin Culliton, The Printed Image
Italy: Roberto Posarelli, Esanastri Srl
Mexico: Francesco Brocchi, Graficosgamma SA
Netherlands: Andre America, America Digitaal Druk BV
Poland: Marek Walizak, Opinion SP
Portugal: Pedro Jacques de Sousa, DGI Digital Graphics Group International
Romania: Geo Baraian, Impression Global
Russian Federation: Alfia Zakirova, Ligo
Slovakia: Mojmír Bittner, Bittner Print s.r.o.
South Africa: Garth Richards, Graphic Laminates
Spain: Guillermo Corominas, Sundisa
Sweden: Torbjörn Johansson, Tobex AB
Switzerland: Philipp Gloor, Movingposter.ch GmbH
Turkey: Samir Sadikoglu, European T-Shirt Factory (ETF)
United Arab Emirates: Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Shaikh, Hassan Bin Al Shaikh Group
United Kingdom: Tim Hill, Speedscreen
United States: Jon Weiss, New Buffalo Shirt Factory