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Corporate Facts: Gerber Scientific Inc. 10 8 Gerber Scientific Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing CADCAM systems. Subsidiaries Gerber Garment Technology Gerber Scientific Products Gerber Systems Gerber Optical Inc. Headquarters: 83 Gerber Road West, South Windsor.

Facilities! The company owns manufacturing offices in Manchester, Tolland and South Windsor and a service office in Texas. Company headquarters is owned. Employment levels: As of April 30, 1995, the company had 1 ,700 employees, compared with 1,520 in 1994. lst-quarter 1994 results First-quarter results as of July 31 1 994 (dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts) Sales $70,033 Net Income $3,101 lst-quarter 1995 results First-quarter results as of Jury 31 1 995 (dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts) Sale $88,191 Net Income $4,493 Earnings per share $0.19 1995 annual results Annual results for year ended April 30, 1995 (dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts) Revenues $322,708 Net income $18,111 Earnings per share $0.76 Dividends per share $0.30 Number of shares outstanding 23,757,780 Total assets $324,428 Stock information: 52-week stock high: $19.50 a share 52-week stock low: $1 1 AVi a share Defense service honors Sikorsky STRATFORD Sikorsky Aircraft a United Technologies subsidiary, has received an award from the Defense Investigative Service. The award is presented to organizations that exhibit extraordinary awareness of industrial security responsibilities.

Serviscope acquires Certified X-ray WALLINGFORD Serviscope a national provider of asset-management and cost-containment services for hospitals and other high-technology users, has acquired Virginia-based Certified X-ray. The acquisition includes the company's customer base, service contracts and expertise in Maryland, Virgina, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Scott Starkey, president of Certified X-ray, was named regional director and will oversee all business activities in the new service market. The purchase price was not disclosed. United Tractor signs deal with Terex unit WESTPORT Clark Material Handling a subsidiary of Terex has signed an agreement with United Tractor to build Clark's line tow tractors.

A reciprocal arrangement also adds Clark-engineered tow tractors to distributors of the United Tractor product line under the United Tractor brand. The value of the agreement was not disclosed. health-focused grant program sponsored by ConnectiCare has awarded more than $14,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations. Among the groups that received funding are the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Council, the Connecticut Rivers Council Inc. of the Boy Scouts, the Federation Square Housing Project Social Service Program, Tri-Town Youth Service Bureau Inc.

and Prevent Blindness Connecticut. Penn Gardner Inc. of Danbury was retained by Goodfellow Ashmore Commercial Real Estate Services of Danbury, as its public relations, advertising and marketing agency. Patrick Media Productions Inc. of Bristol was contracted for general production and shooting services for ESPN and ESPN2, Bristol; Channel One of Milwaukee; CIGNA of Bloomfield; AdCraft Associates of Palm Beach Gardens, and Network Media Inc.

of Seattle. The company will also develop a series of three commercial spots for Alternative Business Interiors Inc. of East Hartford, and produce an educational video on puppy mills for a division of the Humane Society of the United States. The Magee Marketing Group Inc. of Wethersfield was named agency of record for Kaman Industrial Technologies, a division of The Kaman Bloomfield.

Keiler Co. of Farmington recently completed a multiple product campaign for Konica Business Machines U.S.A. The campaign was aimed at generating sales leads and reinforcing the value of the Konica brand. Cronin and Company Inc. of Glastonbury was retained by Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co.

of Des Moines, Iowa, owners of Hartford's One Financial Plaza known as the GolcfBuilding to be responsible for public relations and for producing collateral materials to promote the building. Teresa Maloney of Coordinated Financial Planning, Farmington, was given an award from the Department of Defense for her contribution to the ESGR-Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. Her work has been with people who have been laid off or are changing jobs. Robert D. Kennedy, chairman of Union Carbide Danbury, was named recipient of the 1 995 Chemical Industry Medal by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry.

The gold medal recognizes Kennedy's contributions to applied chemistry that have enhanced the progress of the industry. About the chief executive officer: H. Joseph Gerber is chairman, president and founder of Gerber Scientific Inc. Founded as a partnership in 1945, while Gerber was a junior in college, Gerber Scientific was formally incorporated in 1948. Gerber was born in Vienna, Austria, on April 1 7, 1 924.

In 1 940 he came to Hartford. After completing high school in two years, he won two university scholarships and entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, Y. at age 19. In 1946, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering. In 1 982, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering and in 1 983 was elected a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

Thirty-five years after he graduated from Rensselaer, RPI awarded him an honorary doctor of engineering degree. The University of New Haven has also presented him an honorary doctor of engineering degree. State roundup Nominations sought for project award 5 SOUTHBURY The Southern New England chapter of the Project Management Institute is seeking nominations for its 1 995 Project Team Award. The institute is a professional association for the advancement of the practice of project management. 5 Nominated projects must have an 5 identifiable scope, schedule and budget, and must be executed by a project team and led by a project 01 manager.

The projects must be within the chapter's boundaries of southern New England, Rhode Island and western Massachusetts, and must be completed by Dec. 31 To request an application package, contact Adrienne Brochu at (203) 262-2261 or Sandy Black at (203) 262-3497. The application deadline is Dec. 1 Pitney Bowes selling high-speed copier Pitney Bowes Inc. entered the high-speed copier market last week with a machine designed to compete with higher-priced products from Xerox and Kodak.

Pitney Bowes, based in Stamford, said its 92-copies-a-minute C950 FasTrack Copier Duplicator completes its copier product line. The company's copier systems division is based in Trumbull. The copiers are made by Mita, a Japanese company, and retooled by Pitney Bowes. Pittsburgh firm buys city-based IEC Independent Energy a developer of cogeneration and independent power-production facilities, was purchased by Pittsburgh-based Equitable Resources Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

IEC operations will continued to be directed by president Paul Romanelli and will keep its headquarters in Hartford. Brochure offered on home insurance NEW YORK The Insurance Information Institute has a brochure of money-saving tips on homeowner's insurance. To obtain a free copy, call 1-800-433-0307 and ask for "Twelve Ways to Lower Your Homeowners Insurance Costs." Patents Continued from previous page Smithies, Chapel Hill, N.C. Assigned to Cell Genesys Foster City, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. Carbohydrate substituted 1 ,3,2 Jdioxaphos-phepin stabilizers.

Patent 5,414,028 granted to Stephen D. Pastor, Danbury; and Joseph E. Babiarz, Amawalk, N.Y. Assigned to Ciba-Geigy Ardsley, N.Y. High purity and high yield synthesis of dianhyd rides.

Patent 5,414,034 granted to. Joseph. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Technology by President Clinton In 1 994 and the Connecticut Medal of Technology by Gov. John Rowland in 1995. Gerber is chairman of the board of Gerber Garment Technology Gerber Scientific Products Gerber Systems Gerber Optical and Gerber Scientific UK, Ltd.

Earnings per share 1994 annual results Annual results for year ended April 30, 1994 (dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts) Revenues $260,734 Net income $15,321 Earnings per share $0.64 Dividends per share $0.23 Number of shares outstanding 23,828.330 Total assets $286,443 Where stock traded: New York Stock Exchange Stock symbol: GRB Friday's dosing price: $16.62 David J. Gerber, secretary and attorney, Gerber Scientific Inc. George M. Gentile, senior vice president, finance, Gerber Scientific Inc. Stanley Simon, owner, Stanley Simon Associates.

A. Robert Towbin, managing partner, Unterberg Harris. Edward E. Hood retired vice chairman, General Electric Co. W.

Jerome Vereen, president, treasurer and chief executive officer, Riverside Manufacturing Co. Common stock beneficially owned by each director: (as of August 4, 1995) H. Joseph Gerber, 3,178,365 shares. David J. Gerber, 98,771 shares.

George M. Gentile, 66,406 shares. Stanley Simon, 23.125 shares. A. Robert Towbin, 28,000 shares.

Edward E. Hood 2.000 shares. W. Jerome Vereen, 2,000 shares. Further Information is available from: Gerber Scientific 83 Gerber Road South Windsor, 06074.

Tel: (860) 644-1 551 and Form 10-K. Copies of patents are available at $3 each from the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231. 2L Corporate officers: H. Joseph Gerber, chairman, president, and founder.

George M. Gentile, senior vice president, finance. Fredric K. Rosen, senior vice president; president, Gerber Garment Technology Inc. Ronald B.

Webster, senior vice president; president, Gerber Scientific Products Inc. Richard F. Treacy senior vice president and general counsel. Gary K. Bennett, treasurer and corporate controller.

David J. Gerber, secretary. Cash compensation: (as of April 30, 1 995) H. Joseph Gerber, $758,926 George M. Gentile, $449,873 Fredric K.

Rosen, $445,105 Ronald B. Webster, $405,796 Richard F. Treacy $257,820 Directors: H. Joseph Gerber, chairman, president and founder, Gerber Scientific Inc. SOURCES: annual and quarterly reports, proxy Carton partition unit.

Patent 358.095 granted to Charles P. Weimer, Danielson section of Killingly. Assigned to International Paper Purchase, N.Y. Carton partition unit. Patent 358.096 granted to Charles P.

Weimer, Danielson section of Killingly. Assigned to International Paper Purchase, N.Y. Electric shaver. Patent 358,230 granted to Joseph M. Sulik, Bridgeport; and Robert A.

Mockovak, Newtown. Assigned to Remington Products Bridgeport. Edward Thomas Design of Middletown was selected 1o create the 75th anniversary celebration campaign for Ware Co-operative Bank in Massachusetts. Pite Plus Marketing of Hartford was chosen to provide consulting services for Connecticut General Pension Services the asset allocation arm of CIGNA Corp. Performance Software Inc.

of West Hartford was selected by CIGNA Financial Advisors to revise and update its Portfolio Investment Guide to run under Microsoft Windows; by Steck-VaughnBerrent Publications of Austin, Texas, to create a multimedia writing program; and by the Lee County, Economic Development Department to revise and update a computer-based multimedia brochure. The ConnectiCareFund, a Csapilla, Stamford. Assigned to Cytec Technology Wilmington, Del. Calcium independent camp phosphodiesterase inhibitor antidepressant. Patent 5,414,127 granted to Nicholas A.

Saccomano, Ledyard; and Fredric J. Vinick, Waterford. Assigned to Pfizer New York, N.Y. Shielded electric cable. Patent 5,414,213 granted to Ralph D.

Hillburn, Wallingford. Method and device for rsondeitructively inspecting elongated objects for structural defects using longitudinally arranged magnet means and sensor means disposed immediately downstream therefrom. Patent 5,414,353 granted to Herbert R. Weischedel, South Windsor. Assigned to NDT Technologies South Windsor.

Telecommunication connector with feedback. Patent 5,414,393 granted to William J. Rose, West Hartford; and Robert Aekins, Stratford. Assigned to Hubbell Orange. Thermal transfer printing apparatus.

Patent 5,414,449 granted to Danilo P. Buan, Easton; Albert C. Chiang, Danbury; and Donald T. Dolan, Ridgefield. Assigned to Pitney Bowes Stamford..