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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