July 28, 2006 - South Windsor, Conn.- Rod Larson, president, Gerber Coburn announced today the appointment of John Ingriselli as the company’s new manager of customer service and applications.

“John will be responsible for managing the inside technical support group, as well as developing and implementing other service programs,” said Larson. “John brings 16 years of technical and instructional experience to Gerber Coburn. He will put that expertise to good stead in his new role, in which he will build a new team of field application engineers, manage the inside technical telephone support team, and establish best practices and policies that support the specific needs of the ophthalmic industry.”

Before taking on this new role, Ingriselli spent two years as Gerber Coburn’s zone manager where he supervised 16 field service technicians and prior to that assignment he spent three years as a Gerber Coburn regional applications engineer. Ingriselli began his Gerber career with Gerber Optical in 1989 installing and servicing equipment, as well as educating customers and new employees how to use and repair optical equipment. He holds an MBA from Rensselaer Poly Technical College.

“John’s move into this role is one step in the right direction for Gerber Coburn to improve its service levels,” Larson stated. “Our number one initiative this year is to deliver – across all business functions and parts of the world – a better customer experience.”

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.