Gerber Technology and Geometric Partner to Provide Integration Services Between ERP Systems and Gerber’s Apparel PLM

Fashion and Apparel Industry Firms Benefit from Global Strategic Partnership; Resulting in Faster Time to Market and Tighter ERP Integration

Tolland, CT (Vocus) June 11, 2009

As a part of its growing Certified Services Partner Program for Product Lifecycle Management planning and implementation, Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: GRB) and the world leader in automated CAD/CAM and PLM solutions for the apparel and flexible materials industry, and Geometric Limited (BSE: 532312, NSE: GEOMETRIC), a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and technologies, have entered into a strategic partnership. This new relationship enables companies in the fashion and apparel industry to rapidly deploy Gerber’s established PLM solutions, while tightly integrating them to their ERP systems.

Geometric will provide a variety of Apparel PLM and enterprise integration services to help companies incorporate Gerber’s PLM software suite -- including webPDM™, webView™ and webFolio™ -- to their existing business systems.

“Gerber Technology’s partnership with Geometric provides significant benefits to our customers,” says Bill Brewster, Gerber Technology's Vice President, Global Marketing and Product Management. “Together with Geometric’s unique capabilities and understanding of PLM, Gerber Technology is better able to ensure that our customers can protect and extend the value of PLM across their entire enterprise. Tight integration of systems to support supply chain visibility and agility is of paramount importance to a fashion company’s profitability.”

Atul Dhakappa, Practice Head, Fashion Solutions at Geometric Limited goes on to say, “Gerber has been a prominent player in the fashion and apparel industry for over four decades, and we are very happy to be a member of their Certified Services Partner Program. This will provide Gerber’s customers the opportunity to leverage a global services model.” Dhakappa adds, “With our experience and capabilities in PLM integration services, we offer several unique opportunities to further leverage Gerber’s PLM software suite throughout the apparel and flexible materials industry.”

Geometric has a unique methodology, D.R.A.P.E.D.™ that helps in accelerating PLM integration by over 25% for Fashion and Apparel customers.

Gerber Technology’s modular Product Lifecycle Management suite, for the business of fast fashion, enables customers to embrace PLM at their own pace. Products in Gerber Technology’s PLM software suite include webPDM -- an industry standard for more than twelve years -- webView and webFolio. With Geometric as a Certified Services Partner, Gerber’s PLM software suite will enable companies to link functionalities and geographies throughout their supply chain to enable efficiency and speed-to-market.

About Gerber Technology
Gerber Technology (http://www.gerbertechnology.com), a business unit of $640 million corporation Gerber Scientific, Inc., develops and manufactures the world's leading brands of integrated software and hardware automation systems for the sewn products and flexible materials industries. These systems automate and significantly improve the efficiency of information management, product design and development, pre-production and production processes. The company offers specialized solutions to a variety of end-user markets including apparel, aerospace, transportation interiors, furniture, composites and industrial fabrics. Gerber Technology's world headquarters are located in Tolland, Connecticut, U.S.A. with regional offices, agents and distributors in more than 126 countries serving a total of over 20,500 customers through 16 Customer Solutions Centers on six continents. The company engineers and manufactures its products in various locations in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Established in 1968, Gerber Technology is one of four businesses of Gerber Scientific, Inc. (http://www.gerberscientific.com/) of South Windsor, Connecticut, U.S.A., a corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the "GRB" symbol.

About Geometric
Geometric is a specialist in the domain of engineering solutions, services and technologies. Its portfolio of Global Engineering services and Digital Technology solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) enables companies to formulate, implement, and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiencies in the product realization lifecycle.
Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geometric was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges. The company recorded consolidated revenues of Rupees 5.98 billion (US Dollars 129.47 million) for the year ended March 2009. It employs close to 3000 people across 10 global delivery locations in the US, France, Romania, India, and China. Geometric is assessed at SEI CMMI Level 5 for its software services and ISO 9001:2000 certified for engineering operations.

For more information, please contact:

Kavita Karnani
Geometric Limited     
+91.20.40284496                                            

Deb Paggioli
Gerber Technology
(860)-871-5125

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