INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP INC. ANNOUNCES THE ISSUANCE
                       OF UNITED STATES PATENT #6,367,513

                  POLYOLEFIN SCRIMS OF WOVEN SUPERIMPOSED TAPES

Sarasota, Florida April 19, 2002 - Further to a news release dated December 5,
2001 Intertape Polymer Group Inc. [IPG] (NYSE:ITP, TSE:ITP) is pleased to
announce it has received notification from the United States Patent and
Trademark Office that patent application Serial No. 982,862 was approved,
resulting in the issuance of United States Patent No. 6,367,513 on April 9,
2002. The new patent addresses scrims with substantially improved tear strength
that are comprised of oriented tapes and/or multifilament yarns stacked in the
warp and weft directions. These scrims are used extensively by IPG in their
NovaShield(TM) line of extrusion coated Membrane Structure Fabrics.

Jim Bob Carpenter, IPG's President, Woven Products commented, "We are extremely
pleased with this development. The stacked scrim design has a tear strength
equal or superior to the heavier weight PVC fabrics used in the structure market
today. This design gives our customers a tremendous competitive advantage as the
ideal vinyl replacement product." He also added "The addition of this new `513
patent compliments our growing suite of intellectual property including Canadian
patent 2,196,004, "Scrims of Improved Tear Strength" administered by its
wholly-owned affiliate, IPG Technologies Inc. We have continued to seek added
protection for our inventions and improvements and look forward to improving,
protecting and realizing market advantages from our innovations."

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a wide variety
of specialized polyolefin plastic and paper based packaging products and systems
for industrial and retail use. The Company was founded in 1981 and is based in
Montreal, Quebec and Sarasota, Florida with manufacturing facilities in twenty
North American and European locations.

For additional information contact Trevor Arthurs, Director of Research &
Development at 902-895-1686 ext. 173 or our Patent Counsel John Abokhair at
703-391-2900.

The reader should note that the Company's forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date of this media release or when made and the Company undertakes no
duty or obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements. Although
management believes that the expectations, plans, intentions and projections
reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements.

The risks, uncertainties and other factors that the Company's stockholders and
prospective investors should consider include, but are not limited to, the
following: risks associated with pricing, volume and continued strength of
markets where the Company's products are sold; delays and disruptions associated
with terrorist attacks and reprisals, political instability, heightened security
and war in countries of the world that affect the Company's business; the effect
of competition on the Company's ability to maintain margins on existing or
acquired operations; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the
Company's reports (including its Annual Report on Form 40-F) filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.