Gerber Scientific
| 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 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.
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).
References
- ^ Frazer, Skyler (April 17, 2023). "After acquisition of rival Gerber Technology, Lectra reopens manufacturing at Tolland facility". Harfird Business Journal. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
- ^ Koenig, Karen M. (February 8, 2021). "Lectra to acquire Gerber Technology in $361 million deal". Woodworking Network. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
- ^ Garcia, Noe (July 1, 2021). "Lectra-Gerber Deal Finalized". Apparel News. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
External links
- Official website
- Gerber Scale at The National Museum of American History
- Rourke, Elizabeth; Wernick, Ellen (2007), "Gerber Scientific, Inc.", International Directory of Company Histories, Encyclopedia.com, retrieved July 5, 2014
- Gerber, H. Joseph (1953) The Gerber Variable Scale – An application and instruction manual, The Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, P.O. Box 305, Hartford, Connecticut, No. 400, 39 pp (pdf 7.3 MB)