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Gentex Rear Camera Display Mirror Featured on Kia Vehicle Line-Up
| Source: Gentex
ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - October 6, 2009) - Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ : GNTX ), the leading
supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the global automotive
industry, has announced that it is shipping auto-dimming interior rearview
mirrors with its Rear Camera Display (RCD) Mirror on four 2010 Kia Motors
models.
The Kia sport-utility Sorento, full-size passenger car Opirus, compact car
Forte (replacing the Spectra) and the sub-compact car Morning will all
offer the Gentex RCD Mirror on various trim levels in the Korean market.
The auto-dimming 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.
"With the addition of these four new models, our RCD Mirrors are now
offered on a total of 11 models at Hyundai/Kia," stated Enoch Jen, Gentex
Senior Vice President. "The Kia Morning application is unique as the
vehicle has an MSRP of around $7,500, and is one of the few entry-level
vehicles currently offering this unique new technology."
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. More than half of the
interior 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.