Accuride Secures Patent on Wheel Manufacturing Process.Business Editors EVANSVILLE, Ind. & COLUMBIA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2000 Accuride Corporation, North America's leading manufacturer and supplier of both steel and aluminum wheels to the commercial trucking industry, announced today that it has secured a patent for an innovative wheel manufacturing process for full-faced light steel wheels. "We are extremely pleased to receive a patent on this unique production process. It is a tribute to the creativity of our talented engineers," said Richard Giromini, Accuride's Senior Vice President of Technology and General Manager of Light Vehicle Operations. "This process provides greater steel contouring flexibility allowing our customers a wider range of design and styling alternatives for both low and high offset wheels." Production of the new 16-inch full-faced wheel, which will be used on a 2002 model year vehicle, will begin in late 2001 at Accuride's Columbia, Tennessee Columbia is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 33,055 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Maury CountyGR6. , facility. "In addition to adding contouring flexibility, by producing wheels as the patent prescribes, we have introduced an improved assembly technology that results in significantly enhanced uniformity levels. This represents an improvement over all existing full-face designs currently being used," explained Craig Kessler, Director of Operations at Accuride's Columbia facility. "Additionally, the gutter behind the disc has been significantly reduced, thus virtually eliminating the potential for material entrapment entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g. ." Accuride Corporation is North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of wheels for heavy/medium trucks and trailers. The Company offers the broadest product line in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. heavy/medium wheel industry and is the only North American manufacturer and supplier of both steel and aluminum heavy/medium wheels. Accuride Corporation also produces wheels for buses, commercial light trucks and sport utility vehicles This page lists sports utility vehicles currently in production (as of April 2007), as well as past models. The list includes crossover SUVs, Mini SUVs, Compact SUVs and other similar vehicles. , and for passenger cars. Accuride Corporation has steel wheel operations in Henderson, Kentucky Henderson is a city located in Henderson County, along the Ohio River in Western Kentucky. It was called "Red Banks" by the native Americans who originally lived and hunted there because of the reddish clay soil on the banks of the river. ; Columbia, Tennessee; London, Ontario, Canada; and in Monterrey, Mexico. Accuride has aluminum wheel operations in Erie, Pennsylvania “Erie” redirects here. For other uses, see Erie (disambiguation). Erie (pronounced IPA: /ˈɪəri/) is a major industrial city on the shore of Lake Erie in the northwestern corner of the U.S. , and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2003 census, the city population was 50,375. It is currently the second largest city in Summit County. It is considered a suburb of both Akron and Cleveland, but is actually older than Akron. . Additionally, the Company produces tire molds at its Erie, Pennsylvania, facility. Accuride is also involved in a commercial tire and wheel assembly joint venture in Springfield, Ohio Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark CountyGR6. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River and Buck Creek, approximately 45 miles (72 km) west of Columbus and 25 miles (40 , and Talbotville, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit Accuride's website at http://www.accuridecorp.com. |
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