VANCOUVER, CANADA -- June 18, 2001 -- Patrick J. O'Brien has joined CreoScitex, a division of Creo Products Inc. (NASDAQ: CREO; TSE: CRE), as Packaging Sales Manager for the North East Region in North America. Patrick brings more than 20 years of flexographic printing and packaging experience from roles in sales and technical support for Pitman Company, Gallus, Inc., Fulflex, Inc., and DuPont Cyrel Packaging Graphics. "Pat's experience will complement the team we're building at CreoScitex to serve the packaging market with specialized expertise," said Dan R. McConnell, Director of Packaging for the Americas. "Pat understands the packaging business right from prepress through to the business challenges our customers face. He's ideally suited to introducing CreoScitex technology to the market."