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Gentex Mirrors Featured on New Jaguar
| Source: Gentex
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - March 19, 2008) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, has announced that it is supplying auto-dimming interior and
exterior rearview mirrors for the 2008/2009 Jaguar XF. The XF was launched
in Europe and will be introduced later in 2008 to the North American
market.
The new Jaguar will feature a three-mirror auto-dimming system. Interior
and exterior auto-dimming mirrors will be standard equipment on the Luxury,
Premium Luxury and 4.2 trim levels in North America and standard on the two
higher trim levels in other global markets. The North American model will
also offer a HomeLink®-compatible garage door/entry gate opener feature
on all three trim levels. All global exterior auto-diming mirrors will be
available with puddle lamps and side blind zone indicators. Gentex mirrors
darken automatically in response to the headlamp glare of
rearward-approaching vehicles. HomeLink® is Johnson Control's fully
integrated wireless control system.
"Working closely with Jaguar Cars, Gentex has been able to produce
auto-dimming and other visual safety products that can be used throughout
the automaker's global market," said Gentex Senior Vice President Enoch
Jen. "We are very pleased that Jaguar recognizes our value-added products
and have made them available around the world."
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 96 percent of the
Company's revenues are derived from the sale of auto-dimming mirrors to
nearly every major automaker in the world.