Gentex Mirrors Featured on New VW Passat CC

ZEELAND, MI--(Marketwire - April 1, 2009) - 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 2009 Volkswagen Passat CC. The CC is Volkswagen's new upscale sedan with a coupe-like profile. Primary markets for the CC are Europe, North America and Japan.

The 2009 Passat CC features an interior auto-dimming mirror as standard equipment and offers a driver's-side exterior mirror as part of an optional package. Gentex mirrors darken automatically in response to the headlamp glare of rearward-approaching vehicles.

"This is an exciting vehicle for Volkswagen as it has positioned the Passat CC in the mid-class car segment but equips it with formerly upper mid-class features. The addition of auto-dimming interior and exterior mirrors to the first four-door coupe from VW is a great new program for Gentex as the vehicle is sold worldwide in large numbers and exposes our product to thousands of new customers," said Gentex Senior Vice President Enoch Jen.

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.

Contact Information: FINANCIAL MEDIA AND INVESTOR CONTACT: Connie Hamblin 616/772-1800 GENERAL MEDIA CONTACT: Craig Piersma 616/772-1800 WEBSITE: www.gentex.com