- 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
- ^ "DRAWER SLIDES". Wood & Wood Products. 2001-02-01. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-71969141.html. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "Marking a Day Workers Can't Forget". BusinessWeek. 2002-08-27. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2002/nf20020827_1229.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "ACCURIDE TO CLOSE, LAY OFF 150-200". The Charlotte Observer. 2001-03-13. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6D2C518DD3946&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "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
- ^ Almost 60 patents are assigned to Accuride International, see Google Patent Search
