Webcast Alert: Gentex 1st Quarter Earnings Conference Call Webcast

ZEELAND, Mich., April 9 -- Gentex Corporation announces the following Webcast:

  What:     Gentex 1st Quarter Earnings

  When:     Wednesday, April 16, 2003 @ 10:00 a.m. Eastern

  Where:    http://www.gentex.com/investor_quick.html - Audio Archives

  How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
            address above.

  Contact:  Stacy Bristol, Project Coordinator-Corp. Communications,
            +1-616-772-1590, Fax: +1-616-772-7348, sbristol@gentex.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.gentex.com/ .

Gentex Corporation is an international company that provides high-quality products to the worldwide automotive industry and North American fire protection market. The Company develops, manufactures and markets proprietary electro-optic products, including interior and exterior electrochromic, automatic-dimming Night Vision Safety(TM) (NVS(R)) automotive rearview mirrors that dim in proportion to the amount of headlight glare from trailing vehicle headlamps, and an extensive line of fire protection products for commercial applications.

Gentex was the first company in the world to successfully develop and produce a commercial electrochromic mirror for the motor vehicle industry. The Company is the leading supplier of these mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry. Gentex OEM customers include Audi, Bentley, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Infiniti, Kia Motors, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, Rover, Rolls Royce, Samsung Motors, SsangYong Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen. Gentex aftermarket/distributor customers include Gulf States Toyota Distributors, Mito Corporation, Southeast Toyota Distributors, Subaru Distributors NE and Toyota Motor Sales USA.

Founded in 1974, Gentex operates out of four facilities in Zeeland, Michigan; an automotive sales office in Livonia, Michigan; automotive sales and engineering subsidiaries in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and France; and four regional U.S. sales offices for the Fire Protection Products Group. The Company is recognized for its quality products, its application of world class manufacturing principles, for its commitment to developing and maintaining a highly skilled workforce, and for encouraging employee ownership of the Company's stock.

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Audio: http://www.gentex.com/investor_quick.html