Company: Accuride International Inc
City: Santa Fe Springs
Country: USA
url: http://www.accuride.com
Accuride started as a small tool and die shop in 1962 inSouth Gate, California, producing top-quality slides for tape drivesand copy machines. Founder Fred Jordan entered a market eager for theincreasingly precise products and the company soon expanded to a 40,000square-foot facility in Santa Fe Springs, California.
In the late 1960s, Accuride developed ball bearing slides for metaloffice furniture. The company's design engineers then took on the woodfurniture market, developing features such as breathing tabs to absorbtolerances in wood products.
Accuride built its reputation on quality and ensures strict standardsare met by maintaining control over many manufacturing processes othersroutinely job-out. Progressive dies, roll forms, and plating lines arebuilt and maintained in house, as are other key tools and machinery.
Today, still privately held, Accuride has more than 1 million squarefeet of manufacturing space around the world and is the largest companyin the world dedicated to the innovative design and manufacturing ofball bearing slides. Accuride slides are designed into a wide range ofapplications from fine furniture and appliances to enclosures,automotive, and industrial equipment.
