UK printers have missed out on the top five spots within Fespa’s Hall of Fame project to recognise the leading lights of the wide format print community. Rich Thompson of AdGraphics in the US was voted top dog after 6,000 votes were cast in total for more than 400 printers from 40 countries.??
Second came Kishore Musale, from Classic Stripes, India; third Birol Fedai, Sistem Printing, Turkey; fourth Keith Ferrel, Cactus Imaging, Australia; and fifth Simon Pless, Erler and Pless, Germany.
Duncan MacOwan, head of events and new media for Fespa said: "The Hall of Fame can be hailed as an unbelievable success. The number of nominations and votes far exceeded our expectations as printers voted in their droves from countries all over the world The winner of this award must be very proud as this is an amazing accolade voted for by their peers."