H. JOSEPH GERBER MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE PRESENTED
AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

New Award Recognizes the Outstanding Achievements of Young Connecticut Scientists

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT, May 28, 2004 – With a call for greater efforts to foster the development of a new generation of leaders in science and technology, Marc T. Giles, president and chief executive officer of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: GRB) presented the newly created H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence to three outstanding young scientists. The awards were made at the Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering held on Tuesday, May 25, 2004.

The first recipients of the H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence are 2004 Connecticut Science Fair winners Anna-Katrina Shedletsky for her work, "Manipulating Network Topology to Predict Epidemic Outcomes"; Stephen Ingraham for his project on "Superluminal Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in the Near Field" and Lisa D. Gluckhovsky, for her work entitled, "A Rapid, Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near Earth Asteroids."

In addition to the medals, each winner also received an award of $1,000 from Gerber Scientific.

In his remarks, Giles noted that, "Joseph Gerber lived for the thrill of the new idea—the piercing insight that opens a sudden view to exciting new ways of doing things. And he understood that, in a company environment, innovation and invention must be actively cultivated, stimulated and encouraged. For Gerber Scientific as a company today that is one of Joseph Gerber’s most powerful and continuing legacies. In the spirit of that legacy, it is incumbent on all of us to help develop the next generation of Joseph Gerbers who will continue to revolutionize the technologies of our world."

The award, created by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and sponsored by Gerber Scientific, is in recognition of H. Joseph Gerber’s nearly 50 years of innovation and technical leadership in the area of factory automation. Mr. Gerber was the recipient of the National Medal of Technology, the nation’s highest award for technological innovation. He also was the holder of more than 675 U.S. and international patents. Several of his inventions are displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

About 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 goods, and optical lens processing. Headquartered in South Windsor, Connecticut, the company operates through four wholly owned subsidiaries: Gerber Scientific Products and Spandex Ltd., Gerber Technology, and Gerber Coburn.