May 3, 2006 - South Windsor, Conn.- – Gerber Coburn would like to thank all Vision Expo East attendees who had Kappa CTD demonstrations and entered the daily Xbox giveaway. We are pleased to announce the winners of the Xbox game system giveaway: Patrick Staco of Centre De Consultation, Lisa Korn of Pennridge Opticians, and Hernando Henas of Visionlab S.A. The “X Marks the Spot” promotion called for attendees to watch a demonstration of Kappa CTD then enter a ballot to win the daily Xbox game system giveaway.

Designed to illustrate Kappa CTD’s precision centering, edging, and drilling technology, the “X Marks the Spot” promotion allowed attendees to experience first hand the accuracy of Kappa CTD and have some fun while attending Vision Expo East, said Debby Corriveau, product manager, Gerber Coburn.

Corriveau went on to say, “We developed Kappa CTD to meet the requirements of the most challenging practices. Its design and technology enables practice managers to reduce non-value added steps and deliver the highest qualitylenses to the market at the lowest cost of ownership. With its Automatic Centering, Shape Modification, and Tilted Drilling features, Kappa CTD integrates the most critical process functions into one, simple to use, top-of-the-line system that we believe will give practices the edge to drive performance to the next level.

Gerber Coburn is the world’s leading provider of computer integrated optical lens processing systems. The company designs, produces, markets, and supports equipment, software and supplies used in surfacing prescriptions in lens blanks, coating lenses, and machining lenses to fit patient frames. Based in South Windsor, Conn., Gerber Coburn is a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc.

Gerber Scientific is the world's leading supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for sign making and specialty graphics, apparel and flexible materials, and ophthalmic lens processing. Headquartered in South Windsor, Connecticut, the company operates through four businesses: Gerber Scientific Products, Spandex Ltd., Gerber Technology, and Gerber Coburn.