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.

We are delighted to announce 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, Torbj?rn 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