Across the Tasman, Cactus Imaging co-founder and general manager – operations, Keith Ferrel, has taken out the top gong at the 2022 ProPrint Awards in the Printer 50 category, formerly known as the Power 50.
Three decades ago, Keith and his then New Zealand newspaper industry colleague, Warwick Spicer, threw all caution to the wind and decided to move to Sydney and start Cactus Imaging. The pair could see a big future in digital billboard printing and they were spot on.
Today, and after many twists and turns including forays into India, a private equity takeover and the eventual purchase by ASX-listed giant oOh!media, Cactus Imaging is going strong with Keith still very much involved as general manager – operations, working side by side with Cactus Imaging general manager, Nigel Spicer.
He is certainly not showing any signs of slowing down with a litany of overseas trips to various trade shows and events on his calendar, most recently Printing United in Las Vegas. He currently sits on HP’s Asia Pacific Japan Dscoop board as well as the Fespa Australia board. He has also been a member of the HP Customer Advisory Board and the Dscoop Global Board.
Keith is highly respected in the industry, both domestically and globally. He is always prepared to help out other printers with advice and acts as an advisor to many printing equipment manufacturers to help ensure the products they are making deliver the results printers need.
Durst Oceania is platinum sponsor of the ProPrint Awards, which are organised annually by NZP sister magazine across the ditch, ProPrint.
