The majority of the 90 staff has lost their jobs at Canberra's Blue Star Australia business following the sale to the Opus Group.

Geoff Selig, managing director, Blue Star Australia told Australian Printer, “We don’t know exactly the number of people that will lose their jobs, it’s all down to the Opus Group how many people they want to take on and what they do.”

Cliff Brigstocke, CEO, Opus Group told Australian Printer, “Canprint has employed 15 staff mainly from the production area. The recent wave of industry consolidation based on overcapacity is unfortunate, but the reality is that it has limited the amount of jobs we can offer at this stage.  It is our desire to hire more once we see the Canberra market return to growth.” 

He says, “Opus Group continues to be focused on servicing its customer base across the region with its facilities in Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Maryborough, Canberra and Auckland.”

Blue Star's public service contracts include the Department of Treasury and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. .

Brigstocke says, "We see the Blue Star Canberra transaction as a positive outcome for our group's footprint and market position.”

The expanding Opus Group has added to its management team with more former Geon staff, as it hired former NSW general manager Roger Kirwan as national operations manager, and it has taken on Geon’s former national operations manager, Gary Pool, and commercial finance manager, Joel Sokkar.