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Gentex Highlights Advanced Prototyping Capabilities at SEMA 2021 With Custom Overland Silverado, Adventure Trailer, C8 Widebody Corvette
Gentex SEMA Booth Highlights: Custom C8 Corvette Widebody designed and built by Label MotorsportsCustom, high-tech, overland-themed Chevrolet
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[{"type":"text","content":"Gentex SEMA Booth Highlights: Custom C8 Corvette Widebody designed and built by Label MotorsportsCustom, high-tech, overland-themed Chevrolet SilveradoMatching overland-themed Vorsheer trailer with stealth trailer cam system LAS VEGAS, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After a year hiatus, the in-person SEMA show is back, and Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX) is using the event to showcase its advanced prototyping capabilities by debuting several custom vehicle builds, including an overland-themed Chevrolet Silverado and matching Vorsheer XOC trailer, as well as a Label Motorsports-designed C8 Corvette featuring a unique forged carbon fiber widebody kit. These and other technology concepts, aftermarket products, and demonstration vehicles will be featured at Gentex’s booth (North Hall, #12525), which is designed to showcase Gentex’s ever-expanding digital vision and vehicle connectivity product lineup.Gentex is a long-time, Tier-1 supplier of electro-optical products for the global automotive, aerospace and fire protection industries. It’s best known for suppling nearly every major automaker with connected-car technologies and advanced electronic features that optimize driver vision and enhance driving safety. “The SEMA show is not only the ideal event to assess aftermarket interest in tech we’re developing for our OEM customers, but also to showcase the engineering and prototyping capabilities we bring to every development project,” said Gentex President and CEO Steve Downing. “We’re known for our advanced electronic technology, but it’s our ability to seamlessly integrate features according to OEM specs and design language that helps set us apart.” To validate this premise, all the vehicles in Gentex’s 2021 SEMA booth demonstrate the company’s prototyping capabilities in areas such as advanced composite materials, silicone tooling and precision urethane casting, glass processing and coating, paint and finish-matching, mechanical engineering, and electrical integration. Gentex’s booth will also highlight a unique partnership with West Michigan-based, custom car builder, Label Motorsports, who will unveil Project Vouno’, a C8 full carbon fiber fender replacement Widebody and 24-piece exposed forged carbon fiber aerodynamic program designed in-house by Andy Siradakis, owner of Label Motorsports. The vehicle is featuring in the SE...