GERN Industries Gibson Works...

[doctorwayne]

....Is there a typical color for GERN buildings?...

There's no "company colours" as such, so you can use any colour you wish, and that goes for the degree of weathering, too. The main purpose of GERN is as a traffic generator, and Mr. Gibson doesn't want to place excessive restrictions on what each modeller does: after all, it's suitable for whatever era you wish to model and whatever locale, too.

I don't get the announcements anymore...what's the latest GERN product these days?

As I recall, the last release was the calendar art from last year. My brother, the originator of GERN and source of most of the advertising material, has been working under contract for the last year-or-so, and then began renovating his house.
When he has time to create more, I'll pass it along to all GERN modellers as it becomes available.

Wayne