Print industry news roundup: FSA, Xerox, BSI/ISO, De La Rue, RGF, NAPF, Spandex

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: 90% of interest rate swaps were mis-sold; Xerox in twin colour press launch; ISO print standards meeting at Ipex; De La Rue highlights 'challenging' banknote paper market; Sector praises RGF accessibility; QE may have hampered companies' investment; Spandex simplifies ordering and admin

FSA finds 90% of interest rate swaps were mis-sold

More than 90% of the 40,000 SMEs caught up in the interest rate swap scandal were likely mis-sold the complex hedging products, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found.

Xerox in twin colour press launch
Xerox has announced two new digital print engines aimed at in-plants, high street and commercial printers producing jobs ranging from photobooks and brochures to DM and catalogues.

BSI to host ISO print standards meeting at Ipex
The British Standards Institute will administer a week-long series of meetings for the TC130 - the graphics technology committee of the ISO - alongside Ipex.

De La Rue highlights 'challenging' banknote paper market

De La Rue has highlighting increased competition and pricing pressure in the banknote paper market as it revealed that full year paper volumes are expected to be down 18% on 2011/12., Spa

Sector praises RGF accessibility
Printers should not discount applying for the government's Regional Growth Fund (RGF) on the assumption that they will not succeed or that the application process is prohibitively complex, business owners have told PrintWeek.

QE may have hampered companies' investment

Quantitative Easing (QE) has had the unwanted side-effect of hampering companies' investment plans, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Spandex simplifies ordering and admin with integrated catalogue and MIS 

Spandex has launched a product catalogue called Essentials, to simplify selecting and ordering for the most commonly ordered consumables, and integrated them with its Worksmart MIS to streamline admin and order processing.