Accuride Reaches Long-Term Agreement with Daimler Trucks North America to Supply Made-in-the-USA Gunite Brake Drums
May 28 2015 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) – a leading supplier of
components to the North American commercial vehicle industry –
today announced that it recently signed a multi-year agreement with
Daimler Trucks North America to supply its
American-cast-and-machined Gunite brake drums to Daimler’s
aftermarket parts group, one of the leading all-makes parts brands
in the commercial transportation industry. The agreement, which is
now in effect, calls for Accuride to provide a portfolio of
standard-duty brake drums for over-the-road tractor drive axle and
trailer axle applications that offers OEM first-fit quality and
Reduced Stopping Distance (RSD) compliance. Accuride will supply
the drums from its Gunite wheel end component production facility
in Rockford, Ill.
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Accuride is supplying its high-quality,
Made-in-the-USA Gunite(R) brake drums for drive- and trailer-axle
applications to the Daimler Trucks North America Aftermarket parts
group under a newly-signed multi-year agreement. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“We are pleased to have been chosen as Daimler’s primary
aftermarket wheel end supplier and appreciate this expression of
confidence by Daimler Trucks North America in the quality,
dependability and performance of our made-in-the-USA Gunite brake
drums,” Rick Dauch, Accuride President and CEO, said. “Our
investment in advanced machining technology and rigorous quality
processes enables us to supply Daimler’s aftermarket customers with
OEM first-fit quality brake drums that affordably deliver the
durability and stopping power they can count on mile after mile,
under North America’s toughest driving conditions.”
About Accuride Corporation
With headquarters in Evansville, Ind., USA, Accuride Corporation
is a leading supplier of components to the North American
commercial vehicle industry. The company’s products include
commercial vehicle wheels; wheel-end components and assemblies; and
specialty cast-iron components for a range of agricultural,
construction and mining, and oil and gas equipment applications.
The company’s products are marketed under its brand names, which
include Accuride®, Accuride Wheel End SolutionsTM, Gunite®, and
BrillionTM. Accuride’s common stock trades on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol ACW. For more information, visit
the Company’s website at http://www.accuridecorp.com.
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Accuride CorporationMEDIA RELATIONSTimothy G. Weir, APR,
812-962-5128Director of Public Affairs, Communications &
Marketingtweir@accuridecorp.comorINVESTOR RELATIONSTodd
Taylor, 812-962-5105Vice President and
Treasurerttaylor@accuridecorp.com
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