ZEELAND, Mich., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentex Corporation, the
leading supplier of automatic-dimming mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, is shipping interior and exterior auto-dimming mirrors for the 2006
Citroen C6, PSA's new luxury passenger car. The vehicle features a three-
mirror, automatic-dimming system in which the interior and two exterior
rearview mirrors dim in response to glare.
Gentex auto-dimming mirrors 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.
The C6 will be sold in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, New
Zealand, and the Persian Gulf. An interior auto-dimming mirror will be
standard equipment on models in the majority of the markets where the vehicles
are sold. Two exterior auto-dimming mirrors will be optional and standard on
the top two trim levels.
"This is the first vehicle at Citroen to offer exterior auto-dimming
mirrors, and only the second in the PSA group," stated Gentex Executive Vice
President Garth Deur. "This program also represents the first three-mirror
system supplied by Gentex in France. We are pleased to be featured on
Citroen's flagship vehicle."
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 96 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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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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