Gerber Scientific
American manufacturing technology conglomerate
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Gerber Scientific Inc., is a manufacturing company headquartered in Tolland, Connecticut. It supplies software and hardware systems for apparel and technical textiles, sign-making and specialty graphics, composites, and packaging applications.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founder | Joseph Gerber |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | CAD software, graphics, composites |
| Divisions | Gerber Technology Gerber Scientific Products Virtek Vision Int'l. Yunique Solutions |
| Website | gerberscientific |
Gerber Scientific had been owned by Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based global private equity firm from 2011 to 2021. CITIC Capital Partners, a China-based private equity firm, had a minority stake.
In 2021, Gerber Technology and its affiliated companies were acquired by the French manufacturer Lectra.[1][2][3]
Divisions
Gerber Scientific, Inc. is divided into five businesses:
- Gerber Technology provides hardware and software to manufacture with CAD software and computer-controlled cutting systems.
- Gerber Innovations manufactures automated cutting hardware.
- Virtek Vision International creates carbon fiber composite and sheet metal parts.
- Gerber's Yunique Solutions makes product lifecycle management software.
- Gerber Scientific Products manufactures computerized sign making and specialty graphics software, materials, and accessories for sign shops and graphics (for example, t-shirts with logos).