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Creo buys plate manufacturing in VA for $13.3M

Creo Acquires U.S. Printing Plate Manufacturing Facility






Vancouver, BC, CANADA (February 17, 2004) ? Creo Inc. (NASDAQ: CREO; TSX: CRE), today announced the acquisition of a printing plate manufacturing facility in Middleway, West Virginia from Spectratech International, Inc. Under the terms of the transaction, Creo acquires the assets of Spectratech for approximately US$13.3 million and working capital for approximately US$6.0 million. The assets include Spectratech?s current plate business, land, manufacturing equipment, factory and storage facilities while working capital consists of inventory and accounts receivable. Creo expects that the acquisition will be accretive to earnings by the end of this calendar year.


?We have achieved a major milestone with today?s acquisition,? stated Amos Michelson, Creo chief executive officer. ?Creo now has long-run negative plate technology with superior on-press performance that complements the strengths of the Creo Positive Thermal Plate (PTP). We also gain many new thermal plate customers most of whom already own Creo equipment.?

Scitex Completes the Sale of SDP Business to Kodak



Press release: Tel Aviv, Israel ? January 5, 2004.
Scitex Corporation Ltd. (Nasdaq & TASE: SCIX), announced today the closing of the previously disclosed sale of the business of Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. (SDP) to Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK).

In addition, effective today, Raanan Cohen has been appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Corporation, replacing Mr. Nachum (Homi) Shamir who will be joining Kodak in connection with the transaction.
Sale of SDP to Kodak Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Kodak acquired from Scitex substantially all the assets of SDP, a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Scitex and a leader in ultra-high-speed digital printing technology, for $250 million in cash and assumed substantially all of SDP?s liabilities related to the ongoing business.
In addition, as part of the transaction, Scitex retained $12 million of SDP’s cash balance at closing. In the first quarter of 2004, Scitex expects to recognize a capital gain (net of taxes) in its financial statements of approximately $60 million as a result of the closing of the transaction.

Ami Erel, President and CEO of Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (DIC) and Chairman of Scitex Corporation, commented: ?Following the sale of SDP, Scitex Vision becomes Scitex?s sole major subsidiary. I am confident that Mr. Dov Ofer, President and CEO of Scitex Vision, will continue to lead Scitex Vision to a successful future. In light of Scitex’s strong cash position following the SDP sale, we believe that we will further enhance shareholder value with our planned cash distribution and with the retention of sufficient funds to allow us to consider investments that will build a successful future for Scitex.?

Mr. Avi Fischer, Deputy Chairman of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Co-CEO of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. and a member of Scitex’s Board of Directors, added: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the management and employees of SDP for their invaluable contributions to the company throughout the years, and wish them all success in their new roles with Kodak. I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Shamir as a member of the Board of Directors of Scitex, enabling Scitex to benefit from his continued assistance and involvement in the future.?

Creo to Resell Xerox Digital priners






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Press release, Jan 5, 2004

Creo Signs Agreement to Resell Xerox Digital Systems; Companies to
Cooperate on Digital Printing Workflow Software Development

Vancouver, BC, Canada and Rochester, NY, Jan. 5, 2004 ? Creo Inc. (NASDAQ:
CREO; TSX: CRE) and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced today that they have
entered into an agreement under which Creo will resell Xerox?s mid-range and
entry-level production color digital presses in the United States and Canada.

Effective February 1, Creo will sell the Xerox DocuColor? 3535, 5252 and 6060
digital color presses combined with the Creo Spire? color server and other
prepress software. In addition, Creo will work with Xerox?s direct sales force
to identify sales opportunities for the DocuColor iGen3 production press.

The reseller agreement allows Xerox to increase the penetration of digital
presses into commercial print establishments and offers Creo the ability to
provide customers with a complete digital printing solution.

?Xerox and Creo have worked together for many years and we share a vision for
how digital print can help commercial printers be more successful,? stated Amos
Michelson, Creo chief executive officer. ?With this agreement, we will be able
to support our customers in their move to a combined offset and digital printing
world.?

Under the new agreement, Creo will provide system analysis and applications
support for the prepress workflow software systems including the Spire color
server, while Xerox will provide service and support for the digital presses.
Xerox will continue to sell the Scitex Spire color server as part of its
complete digital print portfolio through existing Xerox channels.

The companies also announced that they will cooperate on the development of
workflow software that increases the value of digital print for production
customers. Xerox and Creo are both supporters of Networked Graphic Production? (NGP?)
? the industry-wide initiative with over 30 partners working to automate the
entire print production process and create an efficient, collaborative
environment between management and production systems. NGP Partners are
committed to working together to deliver seamlessly integrated, cross-vendor
solutions that decrease cycle times, cut costs and increase revenues. Xerox and
Creo expect that their unified workflow software developments will be leading
examples of the application of open industry standards. The first examples of
the collaborative development are expected to be demonstrated at the upcoming
Drupa 2004 tradeshow in May.

?Creo?s relationships with commercial printers and its dominant installed base
of prepress workflow systems mean that we can bring the value of digital
printing to more customers by working together,? said Gil Hatch, president,
Xerox Production Systems Group. ?Our joint product development will address our
customers? workflow challenges to provide more efficient processes and deliver
greater productivity.?

The combined future digital workflow solutions will allow printing professionals
to tightly integrate digital printing into their current production operations.
For instance, initial work on a project can be completed without a commitment to
any particular method of print. At the click of a mouse, operators will
instantly direct work to either a digital or an offset press and intervening
prepress steps like imposition, formatting and color calibration will be
automatically executed. This workflow allows customers to deliver a full range
of printed products with unmatched quality and efficiency.

Notizie grandi- Creo scores a HiT in Italy






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Creo Expands Newspaper Prepress Solution through Acquisition of Leading
Production Workflow System

IfraExpo 2003 Leipzig, Germany (October 13, 2003) ?
Creo Inc. (NASDAQ: CREO; TSX: CRE) announces
that it has reached an agreement to purchase the IntelliNet NewsFlow production
workflow system product line and the integrated PressSite press control
interface for newspapers from HiT Internet
Technologies SpA
of Affi, Italy, a leading developer of technology for the
publishing industry.

?Newspaper publishers and printers around the world rely on IntelliNet NewsFlow
to produce their publications without fail every issue,? says Neil McLean,
director of the Creo Newspaper Market. IntelliNet NewsFlow is used by many of
the world?s largest newspapers in more than 700 installations in 32 countries.
?Creo recognized the potential in IntelliNet to further extend and enhance our
workflow products to meet the needs of the newspaper of tomorrow, providing a
path for all current customers,? adds Mr. McLean.

?We are confident in the ability of Creo to support the customer base of
IntelliNet as well as to extend the features to serve those customers into the
future,? said Mos