Accuride International

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company_name = Accuride International Inc.
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company_type = Private
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foundation = 1962
location = Santa Fe Springs, California, USA
key_people =
num_employees = ~500
industry = Furniture hardware
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revenue =
homepage = [http://www.accuride.com/ 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, [cite news |title=DRAWER SLIDES |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-71969141.html |work=Wood & Wood Products |publisher= |date=2001-02-01 |accessdate=2008-03-17 ] based in Santa Fe Springs, California, USA and has about 500 employees. [cite news |title=Marking a Day Workers Can't Forget |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2002/nf20020827_1229.htm |work=BusinessWeek |date=2002-08-27 |accessdate=2008-03-17 ] It had a manufacturing plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, which closed in 2001 with the loss of 150-200 jobs. [cite news |title=ACCURIDE TO CLOSE, LAY OFF 150-200 |url=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 |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=2001-03-13 |accessdate=2008-03-17 ]

Accuride is the best-known maker of drawer slides among woodworkers, and is particularly known for its full-extension slides. ["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] Accuride holds dozens of patents in drawer slide technology. [Almost 60 patents are assigned to Accuride International, see [http://www.google.com/patents?num=100&q=inassignee%3Aaccuride-international+&btnG=Search+Patents Google Patent Search] ]

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