Accuride International

Fred Jordan founded Accuride in South Gate, California in 1962. and 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.

Amid steady growth, the company moved to a larger facility in Santa Fe Springs four years later. Accuride expanded its manufacturing to sites in Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom in 1970s. By 2006, Accuride had expanded production to Mexico and China.

Accuride is best known for its large array of premium-grade drawer slides that support applications anywhere from 35 to 1,323 pounds.

The Model 3832, a medium-duty side-mount slide, remains one of the most popular and most replicated slides on the market. The present 3800 family comes in many variants, such as Touch Release, Easy-Close, and Over-Travel. The 9300, a family of heavy-duty slides, is another popular model commonly found in factories and commercial transportation.

Accuride has since expanded into linear track systems, such as those used on Britain’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

It has also expanded into cabinet-level RFID electronic access control (EAC) under Senseon Secure Access. The latter has been used in premium retail, upscale residences, and healthcare facilities.