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Bluetree Group has closed its medical division and reshuffled senior management
Bluetree Group has announced it will move all resources back onto print and close its medical division, and has reshuffled senior management as a result.
The company launched its Medical division during the Covid-19 pandemic when it secured a DHSC contract to manufacture Type IIR masks. However, with demand for these products having now declined, all resources are now to be focused solely on print again.
This additional focus will be mainly on books and booklet printing which Adam Carnell co-chief executive officer of Bluetree says has been identified as one of the fastest-growing areas of the business.
The production of books and booklets within Bluetree was strengthened by the acquisition of award-winning book printer Kingsbury Press in October 2021.
Mark Young, managing director of Bluetree Group’s print division, says the acquisition brought new skills into the group that have also enabled the company’s trade arm, Route1Print, to broaden the range of products it offers as standard, but also to handle more complex projects.
In May 2023, the Doncaster-based Group relocated all operations to its main site on Manvers Way with finishing now taking place adjacent to the main production facility in Unit B which previously housed the medical division.
The restructure has also seen a reshuffle within the Group’s senior management team with Jon Smith, former managing director of the Medical division taking on the role of production director having previously also ran the instantprint brand.
Phil Tasker will take over as head of Kingsbury Press having formerly run Route1Print. Jack Parks will move from sales director for the Medical division to head Route1Print having also previously ran the instantprint Direct brand.
Young adds: “Getting all of our team aligned behind our biggest growth areas will allow the business to move faster than we could previously and enable us to expand the range of products and services that we offer to our customers.”
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