ZEELAND, Mich., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentex Corporation, the
leading supplier of automatic-dimming mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, has completed construction of its new automotive sales and
engineering facility in Erlenbach, Germany. The new facility will allow
Gentex to better serve its European customers and enhance the Company's
ability to provide logistics, quality, engineering and sales services.
Gentex's new $5 million (U.S.) German facility features 20,000-square-feet
of office space and 30,000-square-feet designated for warehousing, light
mirror assembly and distribution, and replaces a leased building. The Company
also maintains European sales and engineering offices in the United Kingdom
and France and opened a satellite sales office in Munich in 2003.
In 2003, Gentex shipped approximately three million mirror units to
European customers.
In January, Gentex was one of only eight companies worldwide that was
recognized by DaimlerChrysler as a Top Global Supplier for 2003 in that
company's Global Supplier Awards program. The award was based on Gentex's
performance related to quality, cost, technology and delivery for exterior
auto-dimming mirrors. Gentex supplies both Mercedes and Chrysler car groups
with a variety of automatic-dimming mirrors and related electronic features.
Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX) is an international company that
provides high-quality products to the worldwide automotive industry and North
American fire protection market.
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. More than 95 percent of the Company's
revenue is derived from the sale of those products to the world automotive
industry.
Gentex was the first company in the world to successfully develop and
produce a commercial automatic-dimming rearview mirror. After more than 15
years of supplying these products in the highly competitive global automotive
industry, the Company remains the leading supplier of these mirrors. Gentex
OEM customers include Acura, Audi, Bentley, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford,
General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Kia Motors, Land Rover,
Lexus, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, Renault Samsung, MG Rover, Rolls
Royce, SsangYong Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo Car Corporation.
Founded in 1974, Gentex has its manufacturing facilities in Zeeland,
Michigan, and automotive sales and engineering offices in Detroit, Michigan;
Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, France and Korea. The Company is
recognized for its quality products; for its proprietary manufacturing skills
and equipment and application of world class manufacturing principles; for its
commitment to developing and maintaining a highly skilled workforce, and for
encouraging employee ownership of the Company's stock.
SOURCE Gentex Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.gentex.com
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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