FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 2003

New ImagePerfect™ Brand from Gerber Reinforces Company’s Commitment to Durable Graphics Industry

LAS VEGAS ­ Gerber Scientific Products today unveiled a new global branding program for its growing portfolio of digital printing materials and supplies.

“Gerber’s line of inkjet digital materials, enhancement consumables, inks, and related supplies will be marketed under the ImagePerfect brand name,” stated Mark Marciano, aftermarkets business director, Gerber Scientific Products. “ImagePerfect represents the best in durable imaging products, and the most complete consumables solution for Gerber and other industry-standard printing systems. Products bearing the ImagePerfect mark will be synonymous with the value, quality and innovation the industry has come to expect from Gerber.”

The outlook for the ImagePerfect family consists of printable substrates to accommodate multiple output devices; image enhancement products such as overlaminate films and other image-protective supplies; digital inks and ink cartridges; and a variety of tools, accessories and supplies.

Said Marciano, “We’re developing ImagePerfect to categorize products in a simple, straightforward format that ensures sign and graphics professionals fully understand the purpose of each, and to help them select and utilize those components that will best enable them to meet their customers specialized graphics requirements.

“We’re confident the Gerber ImagePerfect product line will play an important role in shaping the future of the durable graphics business and help the industry discover new approaches to generating cost-effective and unique digital output solutions,” he concluded.

Gerber Scientific Products Inc. is the world leader in the development and manufacture of computerized sign making and specialty graphics systems, software, materials, and accessories ­ among them the revolutionary GERBER EDGE® thermal transfer color imaging system. The company’s start-to-finish digital design, printing and production products are carefully integrated via its unique Matched Technology System™ to provide customers with comprehensive engineered solutions for every color printing and dimensional signage need.

Based in South Windsor, Conn., Gerber Scientific Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gerber Scientific Inc., the world’s leading supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for sign making and specialty graphics, apparel and flexible goods, and optical lens processing. Also headquartered in South Windsor, the company operates through four wholly owned subsidiaries: Gerber Scientific Products, Spandex PLC, Gerber Technology, and Gerber Coburn

Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
April Peghiny
83 Gerber Road
South Windsor, CT 06074
Phone: 860-643-1515
Fax: 860-648-8595
Website URL: www.gspinc.com