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Gentex Exterior Auto-Dimming Mirrors Are Standard on the New Lexus LS 460
| Source: Gentex
ZEELAND, MI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 13, 2007 -- Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, announced today that the
2007 Lexus LS 460 offers the Company's exterior auto-dimming mirrors as
standard equipment.
The Lexus LS 460 luxury sedan is sold globally. Models sold in Europe,
Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and for general export from Japan,
offer the Gentex exterior driver- and passenger-side auto-dimming mirrors
as standard features on both trim levels. The mirrors darken automatically
in response to the headlamp glare of rearward-approaching vehicles.
"Over the past few years, Toyota Motor Corp has grown to become one of the
Company's largest customers," said Senior Vice President Enoch Jen.
"Automakers are increasingly recognizing the benefits of exterior
auto-dimming mirrors for glare elimination, and inclusion of Gentex
exterior mirrors on the Lexus LS 460 as standard equipment is an important,
strategic piece of business for us."
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.