Cactus Imaging general manager and FESPA Hall of Famer Keith Ferrel will be a guest speaker at the FESPA Global Print Expo in Munich next month. The comprehensive Trend Theatre seminar programme comprises 38 individual sessions and will deliver insights on a host of topics including automation, sustainability, digital printing, signage and textile.
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| The Trend Theatre, FESPA 2018 |
Ferrel will appear twice in the Trend Theatre programme, presenting an opening day seminar titled Diversification & Automation and later taking part in a panel discussion.
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| Keith Ferrel, GM Cactus Imaging |
Details:
Diversification & Automation
May 14, 2.30pm
30 mins
Do you need to diversify your business to take advantage of emerging trends and utilising applications to achieve more for your customers?
Keith Ferrel from Cactus Imaging Australia will tell you what has worked for them and how they have become a production powerhouse.
Keith Ferrel is one of the founders of Cactus Imaging. Starting in New Zealand in 1992 Cactus Imaging has now become known throughout the world as one of the leading Grand Format Production companies in the Asia Pacific region.
After one year in Auckland New Zealand, Keith moved to Sydney Australia to set up the sales arm of Cactus Imaging Australia. It proved so successful that in 1996 Cactus Imaging set up a full scale state of the art production facility.
In 2000 Keith was appointed as the Group Sales Director and later General Manager. He was one of the drivers in setting up Cactus Imaging India based in Chennai. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East and gained many major clients for the company.
Keith has served on the HP Customer Advisory Board and is also the Chairman of the Asia Pacific/Japan Board of Directors for Dcsoop (Digital Solutions Cooperative) and has also been appointed to the Dscoop Global Board. He is also on the Board of the Australia SGIA.
Keith is recognized in the Asia Pacific region and throughout the world as one of the most influential people in the industry and has been inducted into the Fespa Hall of Fame.
Keith was elected Fespa World Printer of the Year in 2014
May 17, 2.00pm
Panel: Print Leaders
60 mins
*Growth – organic/acquisitions? *Disrupters and next gen buyers *Web to print *Marketing print solutions *Resourcing.
Panel: Bernhard Niemela, Managing Director, Editor in Chief - Deutscher Drucker Verlag
Frank Tückmantel, Vice President of Corporate Marketing - EFI
Keith Ferrel, General Manager - Cactus Imaging
Located in hall B5, stand F95, the seminars, which can be attended free-of-charge with a valid FESPA and European Sign Expo 2019 entry ticket, will begin at 11.30am on the first day of show (Tuesday 14 May) and will take place throughout the duration of the event until 3pm on Friday 17 May.
Dominik Rietzel, Head of Additive Manufacturing - Non-Metal at BMW Group will give the keynote Trend Theatre presentation on the future of 3D printing on Thursday 16 May at 2pm.
There will also be daily trends forecast sessions hosted by KeyPoint Intelligence on a selection of topics including: workflow, the state of the wide format industry, textile, decorative applications and packaging.
Also taking place at FESPA 2019 is Ask the Expertshosted by ESMA, in hall A6, stand A70, which offers visitors the opportunity to book one-to-one advice sessions for unbiased, technology neutral advice from independent print consultants.
Experts include: Steve Knight, Digital Direct Technologies; Phillip Klinger, Softcon; and Thomas Poetz, 3T Inkjet Textile Consulting. For more information on the ESMA Ask the Experts sessions, visit: www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com/features/ask-the-experts-esma
"Visitors to FESPA exhibitions are continually looking to increase their industry knowledge and find inspiration for new opportunities to grow their businesses and with a wide range of seminars and panel discussions in one place, the Trend Theatre provides a great opportunity for visitors to achieve this,” says Duncan MacOwan, Head of Events at FESPA. We are confident that with our range of sessions and speakers, we are delivering meaningful content, providing visitors with valuable insight to expand their businesses."
The complete FESPA 2019 Trend Theatre programme can be found here: www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com/trend-theatre
For more information on FESPA Global Print Expo 2019 and to register to attend visit: www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com
For free entry to the exhibition, use code FESM909 when registering.
FESPA takes place from 14 to 17 May 2019 at Messe München in Munich, Germany.
