Ron Bidwell, one of our sign industry's founding fathers, is listed in this year's Honours List.
Ron is one of our industry's founding fathers and this particular honour comes for his service to business through the establishment of the Australian Sign and Graphics Association, and to the NSW communities of Portland and Fairfield.
He is a founding member of the The Signwriter's Association of Australia which later became The Signcraftsmen's Association of Australia and is now the The Australian Sign & Graphics Association.
Ron's list of contributions to his industry and to his community go on and on.
He is currently the secretary of Portland Development Association’ and a member of Portland Tidy Towns and the Portland Crystal Theatre committee, the Portland RSL Sub-Branch and a trade tutor, Lithgow Correctional Centre, where he teaches sign craft to inmates.
He had also extensive community service achievements in the Fairfield area over a period of more than 14 years.
He was the Fairfield Citizen of the Year in 1999.
