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2009 Honda Civic Offers Gentex Auto-Dimming Mirror
| Source: Gentex
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - September 17, 2008) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, has announced that it has
begun shipping auto-dimming mirrors for the new 2009 Honda Civic that will
be sold in the United Kingdom, Germany and other European Union countries.
A Gentex interior base auto-dimming mirror will be available as an option
on all 2009 Civic trim levels sold in European Union countries. The mirrors
darken automatically in response to the headlamp glare of
rearward-approaching vehicles.
"We continue to be pleased with our growing relationship with Honda," said
Gentex Senior Vice President Enoch Jen. "The Civic is one of the
best-selling vehicles in the world. Making Gentex auto-dimming mirrors
available in the European Union market on the Honda Civic could be the
impetus for additional cooperative partnerships in other markets offering
the Civic and also on other Honda models."
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.