70TH ANNIVERSARY
AP’s 70 Most Influe Aldo Burcheri, Courtney Colour
Burcheri is known in the industry as a person with a hands-on approach to business relations and decision making. Having worked at Courtney Colour as its director and owner for more than a decade, he made his way up the ranks – from being an art director in 2001 to now holding a senior account management position – just within a few years. Burcheri was nominated for adopting a young, innovative approach that has aided in the success and longevity of his company. His passion for print and his desire to never stay still is said to have inspired all of his employees and is infectious for his customers. According to his nomination, he turned an offset business into a digital business successfully and was the pioneer for the HP Indigo technology “when no one else would go near it”.
Angus Scott, Lithographic Institute of Australia (LIA)
Scott started his career in 1965 with then Coates Brothers Inks in Melbourne. Progressing within the group in various roles, he later took on the position of sales manager with Bingham Coates Rollers NSW. In 1980, he became a director with Art Roller Coverings. Scott is currently the sole director of Ace Rollers & Mistbit, the latter involved with research projects and the manufacture and sales of highly specialised Intaglio Inks. In addition, he works a few days a week for GSB Chemical Co, which supplies consumable press chemistry. Scott has also held positions with JPE, in addition to being president of GAMMA, committee member of SWUG, member of Press Gang, past federal president of LIA, life member of LIA, and he is also the current LIA NSW state president.
Arthur Frost, The Lamson Group
Frost started off from humble beginnings, sleeping on the floor of a laundry in Paddington in his teenage years before landing a role at Lamson Paragon in 1966. But, he looked further afield when Canadian interests took over the company and renamed it Moore Paragon. He then bought a small subsidiary and built that up by printing ticketing, which pioneered his development of printing magnetic stripe ticketing in Australia. In 1990, Lamson Paragon was trading again, with Frost leading the charge. It started off as a business form supplier, which evolved into a cheque printing business, ChequeMates, (now run by his son Rodney). Frost, now aged 75, has been recognised with multiple awards, including the PIAA Legend of Print Award in 2016.
Ben Carroll, Velflex and Vicon Transfers
Carroll is CEO and owner of Velflex and Vicon Transfers. In his early 20s, Carroll took a gamble that digital would be the next big thing in garment printing and was motivated to start his first business, Velflex, supplying heat transfer vinyl, printers, and heat presses to the market. Fourteen years later, he not only grew from a team of one to 20, but also created his second business, Vicon Transfers, and developed UltraColour transfer technology. UltraColour is an Australian-first transfer solution that took Carroll about two years of trial and error to perfect; it combines screen printing and digital printing. Carroll was nominated for having the energy and drive for quality and product innovation, and for always sharing his knowledge of heat transfer even with non-customers.
Bruno Turcato and Craig Heckenberg, Epson Australia
Turcato initially joined Epson Australia as financial controller before being promoted to general manager, and eventually the first non-Japanese managing director of any Epson subsidiary in 2003. The company now occupies several dominant positions in multiple printing market categories as a result of his efforts with the business over 30 years. As for Heckenberg, he has risen through the ranks with Epson Australia over 19 years, most recently as its managing director. The business has seen incredible growth under his stewardship, in addition the launch of new, successful businesses within the company.
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