ZEELAND, Mich., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentex Corporation, the
leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, announced today that
the new Toyota Avalon offers the Company's interior and exterior auto-dimming
mirrors with incremental electronic features, and that the Company's mirrors
also are more widely available on the new Avalon than on its predecessor
model.
There are three trim levels on the new Avalon, including the XLS Limited,
XLS and XL. An interior auto-dimming mirror with compass and a fully
integrated Johnson Controls HomeLink Wireless Control System is standard
equipment on the new XLS Limited and XLS trim levels, and a base interior
auto-dimming mirror is available as an accessory on the XL. In addition,
driver- and passenger-side exterior auto-dimming mirrors with turn signal are
standard equipment on the XLS Limited, and a base auto-dimming exterior mirror
is standard on the driver's side of the XLS trim level.
The predecessor Avalon model had only the XLS and XL trim levels, and
offered a base interior auto-dimming mirror and a base driver-side exterior
auto-dimming mirror on the XLS.
The turn signal in the auto-dimming exterior mirrors offered on the new
Avalon is a chevron-shaped array of LEDs that is aimed at a driver in the
vehicle's blind spot, and serves as a warning that the driver intends to
either turn or change lanes. The HomeLink feature consists of three buttons
conveniently located on the face of the interior auto-dimming mirror that may
be programmed to operate garage door openers, estate gates, security systems,
home lighting, and other radio frequency-controlled devices.
"Over the past few years, Toyota has grown significantly to become the
Company's second-largest customer," said Gentex Executive Vice President Garth
Deur. "The Avalon is the first Toyota brand vehicle to offer a three-mirror
auto-dimming system as standard equipment on the upper trim levels. We
estimate that the XLS Limited and XLS trim levels account for about 75 percent
of the new Avalon's production."
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 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, or GENERAL MEDIA CONTACT: Craig Piersma, of Gentex
Corporation, +1-616-772-1800
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