ZEELAND, Mich., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentex Corporation
(Nasdaq: GNTX), the U.S.-based supplier of automatic-dimming mirrors to the
worldwide automotive industry, has opened a satellite office in Yokohama,
Japan. The new office will help Gentex provide expanded sales and engineering
support to its Asian customers in Tokyo and the entire Kanto region.
Gentex now operates two offices in Japan, the first of which opened in
1998 in Nagoya. With this new Yokohama office, combined with additional
resources at the Nagoya office, the Company has increased ability to support
Japanese automakers and Tier One mirror suppliers globally.
Gentex is best known for its auto-dimming mirrors, which automatically
darken to reduce glare from the headlamps of vehicles approaching from the
rear. The brighter the glare, the darker the mirrors become, making nighttime
driving safer. Gentex mirrors often come integrated with additional
electronic features such as compass and temperature displays, map lights,
headlamp control sensors, microphones, garage door openers -- even
sophisticated light sensors that automate high-beam usage.
"More than half of our total annual mirror-unit shipments are to
automotive manufacturers headquartered outside the U.S.," said Gentex
Executive Vice President Garth Deur. "Our Asian business is growing rapidly,
and our expanded support of customers in that region directly reflects the
increased application of auto-dimming mirrors on Japanese-branded vehicles
that are built and sold globally."
Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (The Nasdaq Stock Market: 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 95 percent of the Company's
revenues are derived from the sales of auto-dimming mirrors to nearly every
major automaker in the world.
SOURCE Gentex Corporation
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CONTACT:
FINANCIAL MEDIA AND INVESTOR CONTACT: Connie
Hamblin, +1-616-772-1800, GENERAL MEDIA CONTACT: Craig Piersma,
+1-616-772-1800, both of Gentex Corporation
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