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Toyota Offers Gentex Mirror-Based Backup Camera Display on New Verso
| Source: Gentex
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - June 16, 2009) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive
industry, has announced that it is shipping its Rear Camera Display (RCD)
Mirror and base feature auto-dimming mirrors for the new Toyota Corolla
Verso multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). The Verso is sold throughout Europe.
The Gentex auto-dimming interior mirror with RCD is in popular packages on
many of the trim levels sold throughout the continent. The RCD Mirror
contains a liquid crystal display (LCD) that works with a video camera
mounted at the rear of the vehicle to provide a view directly behind the
vehicle while backing up. When the vehicle is shifted into "reverse," a
display appears automatically through the auto-dimming mirror's reflective
surface. The display disappears when the vehicle is shifted into any other
gear, a capability that is made possible utilizing Gentex's "transflective"
coating and lighting techniques, which result in a bright, high-resolution
color image.
"This is the first vehicle built in Europe and designed specifically for
the European market to incorporate our auto-dimming RCD Mirrors," said
Enoch Jen, Gentex Senior Vice President. "Gentex technology has been well
received in Europe and having the RCD Mirror offered on a number of trim
levels further demonstrates consumer interest for this new feature."
Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation 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.