ZEELAND, Mich., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentex Corporation
(Nasdaq: GNTX), the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming
rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, today announced the
appointment of Robert Vance to vice president of Asian Business Development.
Vance brings both sales experience and knowledge of the Asian automotive
market to this new position in which he is responsible for the support and
development of strategies to grow and manage the Company's business with Asian
automakers.
Prior to joining Gentex, Vance was employed for over ten years by Johnson
Controls, Inc. (JCI) in Holland, Michigan. At JCI, he worked in a number of
areas, holding positions in finance, program management, sales, and business
management. Most recently, he was the vice president responsible for global
sales for the Honda Motor Company account at Johnson Controls.
A native of Pennsylvania, Vance has lived in several parts of the United
States, Japan, and England. He received his undergraduate degree in Business
Administration and Foreign Languages from Hope College in Holland, Michigan,
and he is conversant in Japanese, German, and Spanish. Vance attended
graduate school at Meiji Gaukuin University in Japan where he focused on
Japanese language as well as international business and economics. Vance
resides in Grand Haven, Michigan, with his wife, Lori, and two sons.
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 approximately 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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http://www.gentex.com
CONTACT:
FINANCIAL MEDIA AND INVESTOR CONTACT: Connie
Hamblin, +1-616-772-1800, or GENERAL MEDIA CONTACT: Craig
Piersma, +1-616-772-1800, both of Gentex Corporation
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