Accuride International

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Accuride International Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1962
Headquarters Santa Fe Springs, California, USA
Industry Furniture hardware
Employees ~500
Website www.accuride.com
Accuride Corporation (Illinois), an unrelated company, is a manufacturer of vehicle wheels.

Accuride International Inc. is a manufacturer of drawer slides for residential and industrial applications,[1] based in Santa Fe Springs, California, USA and has about 500 employees.[2] It had a manufacturing plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, which closed in 2001 with the loss of 150-200 jobs.[3]

Accuride is the best-known maker of drawer slides among woodworkers, and is particularly known for its full-extension slides.[4] Accuride holds dozens of patents in drawer slide technology.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "DRAWER SLIDES", Wood & Wood Products, 2001-02-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 
  2. ^ "Marking a Day Workers Can't Forget", BusinessWeek, 2002-08-27. Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 
  3. ^ "ACCURIDE TO CLOSE, LAY OFF 150-200", The Charlotte Observer, 2001-03-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-17. 
  4. ^ "most of the time I use the premium Accuride 3017. This full-extension, all-ball-bearing slide is wonderfully simple to install", Clayton DeKorne, Trim Carpentry and Built-Ins, Taunton Press, 2002, p. 156; "generally, kitchen and bath drawers get enough heavier use than desks to deserve actual hardware from Accuride, Knape & Vogt, or another top maker", Charles R. Self, Cabinets and Countertops, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2000, p. 308
  5. ^ Almost 60 patents are assigned to Accuride International, see Google Patent Search
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