SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULA 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
October 3, 2000
CREO PRODUCTS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
3700 Gilmore Way
Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5G 4M1
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.)
Yes No x
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CreoScitex Wins Gold at Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
Vancouver, BC CANADA (October 3, 2000) Systems produced by CreoScitex, a
division of Creo Products Inc. (NASDAQ: CREO; TSE: CRE), performed flawlessly
in Sydney, NSW, Australia to produce the majority of printed material about
the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Most of the publications - brochures, booklets,
inserts and daily newspapers - used CreoScitex prepress equipment in the
production cycle to achieve superior levels of quality, turnaround time and
reliability that has never been seen before.
Every morning during the games, an eight-page tabloid newspaper was delivered
to every resident of the Olympic athletes' village. A 32-page book containing
the daily program was also produced each night. CreoScitex systems were part
of the production that began the night before. After judo finished at 10:30
pm, the daily Olympic results and upcoming events information were delivered
to Offset Alpine Printing of Sydney. At 11:00 pm, all the data was sent to
CreoScitex Prinergy(tm) workflow management. Within the hour, two CreoScitex
Platesetter(tm) 3244s and a CreoScitex Trendsetter(tm) 5067V were making
plates. The job was printed and delivered to the Olympic Village by 3:30 am.
This quick turnaround was not possible in the 1996 Atlanta games.
"We would not have taken this contract unless we were certain that the
CreoScitex equipment would deliver the quality and reliability to produce this
job from start to finish in four hours," says Michael Kinninmont, General
Manager of Offset Alpine Printing. "The system performed without a single
glitch and the customer (the Sydney Organizing Committee of Olympic Games) is
ecstatic."
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CreoScitex systems were also at work in other Sydney printing and prepress
companies. Hannanprint Pty. Ltd. produced a high quality commemorative
booklet of the Sydney Olympics with a distribution of 500,000 copies
throughout Australia using another CreoScitex workflow product, PlateMaster(tm),
driving two CreoScitex VLF Trendsetter thermal platesetters. Sinnott Bros.
generated over 3,000 proofs on two CreoScitex Iris4PRINTs for the production
of individual sports programs. Once approved, the files were sent over a
wireless connection to the printer for output on CreoScitex platesetters.
Purescript, the exclusive prepress supplier to Diamond Press, the official
printer for the Sydney Games, used CreoScitex PlateMaster workflow and a
CreoScitex Renaissance(tm) copy dot scanner to produce the commemorative perfect
bound opening and closing books. With art directed by renowned Australian
artist Ken Done, these demanding books were just two of the many jobs that
were successfully managed under a huge workload.
One of the major trade shops, Seven Sydney Pty. Ltd., used an EverSmart(tm) Pro
scanner and output film on a Dolev(tm) 800 driven by Brisque(4) Extreme(tm)
digital front end - all CreoScitex products. The film is used for local output
while the images are transferred to major international publishers and
multinational corporate clients.
CreoScitex EverSmart Supreme and EverSmart Pro II scanners were also hard at
work in the Media Centre on the Olympic site, scanning images of athletic
achievement. The digital data was uploaded to North America and held in a
digital archive asset management system accessed by major sports and news
magazines and newspapers around the world.
"CreoScitex has been part of the games - providing images and memories for
people around the world," explains Garron Helman, Managing Director CreoScitex
(Australia). "Our customers have used our equipment when it counts the most -
when everyone is looking. Our equipment was used to produce an estimated 90%
of all printed material emanating from the Olympics - from image capture and
scanning to workflow management and output."
As the 2000 Olympic Games closed, CreoScitex systems played a valuable role in
distributing text and images around the world, breaking records and creating
new standards of reliability.
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About CreoScitex
CreoScitex is a world leader in solutions for the graphic arts industry. Core
product lines include image capture systems; inkjet proofers; thermal imaging
devices for films, plates, and proofs; professional color and copydot scanning
systems; and workflow management software. CreoScitex is also an Original
Equipment Manufacture supplier of on-press imaging technology and components
for digital presses. CreoScitex is a division of Creo Products Inc., which
trades on NASDAQ (CREO) and the TSE (CRE).
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(c)2000 Creo Products Inc. CreoScitex is a division of Creo Products Inc. The
CreoScitex product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or service
marks of Creo Products Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Other company and brand, product and service names are for identification
purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders. Data is subject to change without notice.
CreoScitex
3700 Gilmore Way
Burnaby, BC
CANADA V5G 4M1
Tel. +1-604-451-2700
Fax. +1-604-437-9891
www.CreoScitex.com
CreoScitex
Rochelle van Halm
Tel: +1-604-451-2700
Fax: +1-604-437-9891
Email: [email protected]
