furniture hardware founded 1962 headquarters santa fe springs california united states number of employees 2000 website www.accuride.com accuride corporation indiana an unrelated company is a manufacturer of vehicle wheels . accuride international inc. is a manufacturer of drawer slides for commercial residential and industrial applications 1 based in santa fe springs california and has about 2000 employees . 2 accuride is a well known maker of drawer slides among woodworkers and is particularly known for its full extension slides . 3 accuride holds dozens of patents in drawer slide technology . 4 the company s slide products are found in furniture and cabinetry major appliances electronic enclosures automobiles and utility vehicles and industrial equipment and machinery . 5 accuride has about 1 000 000 square feet of manufacturing space in china germany japan mexico the uk and the us . 2 6 its manufacturing plant in charlotte north carolina united states closed in 2001 . 7 history edit accuride began as a small tool and die shop founded by fred jordan in 1962 in south gate california . the company produced slides for tape drives and copy machines . 8 references edit drawer slides . wood & wood products . 2001 02 01 . retrieved 2008 03 17 . a b information at hoover s clayton dekorne trim carpentry and built ins taunton press 2002 p. 156 charles r. self cabinets and countertops mcgraw hill professional 2000 p. 308 almost 60 patents are assigned to accuride international see google patent search accuride international web site accuride web site oem direct manufacturing accuride to close lay off 150 200 . the charlotte observer . 2001 03 13 . retrieved 2008 03 17 . accuride web site history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title accuride international & oldid 727166847 categories companies based in los angeles county californiaprivately held companies based in californiamanufacturing companies based in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 june 2016 at 03 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view