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Gentex Announces Shipments for New Toyota Model
| Source: Gentex Corporation
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - January 3, 2008) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, has announced that it is supplying base feature auto-dimming
interior rearview mirrors for the all-new Toyota Mark X Zio. The auto will
be manufactured and sold exclusively in Japan.
Gentex mirrors darken automatically in response to the headlamp glare of
rearward-approaching vehicles. The Zio will feature a base interior
auto-dimming mirror as optional equipment on the 350G and 240G trim
levels.
"This is very significant business for Gentex in that the adoption of
interior auto-dimming mirrors on this vehicle will help further drive the
expansion of our auto-dimming mirror business in the Japanese market," said
Gentex Senior Vice President Enoch Jen. "We are excited with the
opportunity to further work with Toyota in its home country."
Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ) is an international
company that provides high-quality products to the worldwide automotive
industry and North American fire protection market. Based in Zeeland,
Michigan, the Company develops, manufactures and markets interior and
exterior automatic-dimming automotive rearview mirrors that utilize
proprietary electrochromic technology to dim in proportion to the amount of
headlight glare from trailing vehicle headlamps. Many of the mirrors are
sold with advanced electronic features, and more than 96 percent of the
Company's revenues are derived from the sale of auto-dimming mirrors to
nearly every major automaker in the world.