Juniper today announced that it has acquired the assets of JJ Blackledge Ltd. Andrew Langley, Managing Director of Juniper said “Like many people in the trade I was genuinely saddened to hear of the problems that befell Blackledge, a family company for whom I had always held in high regard. The Bodgers family have served our industry exceptionally well for many years, and I am sure many people in our industry will wish John, Steve and Alan well for the future.” | After much deliberation the decision was taken that it was not a viable option to continue with the Middleton site due to financial reasons and distance between the two factories. | John Bodger, former Managing Director and owner of JJ Blackledge has agreed to help Juniper on a consultancy basis. Speaking of the news John Bodger said ” I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the distributors and colleagues from the trade that have supported us in the past. We were obviously very disappointed that we couldn’t sustain the production in Manchester. I am sure that Juniper will be able to maintain the Blackledge quality of service and product and I personally wish them well for the future”. Click more info to read the full press release.

Published on: November 23rd, 2009