The concern is that if the euro zone unraveled, the Gateshead facility could be overwhelmed with requests from former euro-zone countries to print their national currencies, the person said.
For example, upon learning that there was not a single complete edition of the Talmud in Germany, General Joseph McNarney, commander of the American zone of Occupied Germany, undertook an effort to print a Talmud for survivors.
Investors with one eye on the euro-zone crisis are aware that the firm has a proven ability to design, print and deliver brand new currencies against a tight deadline.