Gentex Announces Additional Range Rover Automatic High-Beam Assist
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Gentex Announces Additional Range Rover Automatic High-Beam Assist (SmartBeam(R)) Programs
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - July 16, 2009) - Gentex Corporation(NASDAQ: GNTX), the leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearviewmirrors to the worldwide automotive industry, has announced that itis supplying auto-dimming mirrors with its Automatic High-Beam Assist(SmartBeam) feature for the 2010 Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4sport utility vehicles. The 2010 models will be available worldwidebeginning in late summer 2009.In addition to offering interior auto-dimming mirrors, both the Sportand the new Discovery 4 models feature Gentex's SmartBeam High-BeamHeadlamp Assist as an option. SmartBeam uses a miniaturecamera-on-a-chip combined with algorithmic decision making toautomatically turn a vehicle's high beams on and off according tosurrounding traffic conditions. The system is designed to maximize avehicle's forward lighting and to eliminate the repetitive andsometimes burdensome task of turning the high beams on and off."Earlier this year we announced that Land Rover had introducedSmartBeam on its new Range Rover model, and we are very pleased tosee Land Rover expanding the availability of this active safetytechnology product across its vehicle line," said Enoch Jen, GentexSenior Vice President.Gentex has been shipping its SmartBeam feature to various automakerssince 2004. More than a million of these imager systems are inoperation on vehicles throughout Europe and North America, makingGentex the leading provider of automotive-grade camera-based activesafety systems.Founded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX) is aninternational company that provides high-quality products to theworldwide automotive industry and North American fire protectionmarket. Based in Zeeland, Michigan, the Company develops,manufactures and markets interior and exterior automatic-dimmingautomotive rearview mirrors that utilize proprietary electrochromictechnology to dim in proportion to the amount of headlight glare fromtrailing vehicle headlamps. Many of the mirrors are sold withadvanced electronic features, and more than 96 percent of theCompany's revenues are derived from the sale of auto-dimming mirrorsto nearly every major automaker in the world.FINANCIAL MEDIA AND INVESTOR CONTACT:Connie Hamblin616/772-1800GENERAL MEDIA CONTACT:Craig Piersma616/772-1800WEBSITE: www.gentex.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Datum: 16.07.2009 - 14:41 Uhr
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