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Toyota to Offer Gentex Rear Camera Display Mirror on the 2009 FJ Cruiser
| Source: Gentex
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - September 9, 2008) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, has announced that it is supplying the 2009 FJ Cruiser, Toyota's
retro-styled sport utility vehicle (SUV), with an interior auto-dimming
mirror with rear camera display (RCD). The FJ Cruiser is sold throughout
North America.
In order to improve rear visibility, the 2009 FJ Cruiser will offer the
Gentex RCD Mirror as part of a convenience package. The RCD Mirror is an
excellent economical way to address rear visibility concerns. The Gentex
RCD contains a liquid crystal display (LCD) that works with a video camera
mounted at the rear of the vehicle to provide a view directly behind the
vehicle while backing up. When the vehicle is shifted into "reverse," a
2.4-inch diagonal, high-resolution LCD display appears automatically
through the auto-dimming mirror's reflective surface. The display
disappears when the vehicle is shifted into any other gear.
Auto-dimming mirrors darken automatically to eliminate glare from the
headlamps of vehicles approaching from the rear for improved nighttime
driving.
"This program follows fast on the heels of Gentex's first RCD Mirror
program with Toyota -- the Tacoma compact pickup. Obviously Toyota has
confidence in Gentex's new technologies and the Company works closely with
Toyota to meet its specifications," said Enoch Jen, Gentex senior vice
president. "The Gentex team and its Toyota counterparts developed a unique
mount to adapt the mirror to the structure of the vehicle. Collaboration
like this, between Toyota and its suppliers, helps produce high-quality,
high-value products."
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.