Accuride Corporation doesn’t want to be everything to everyone. Our vision is only to become the premier supplier of wheel-end system solutions to the global commercial vehicle industry.
That’s why we’re so intently focused on creating and maintaining a portfolio of businesses and product brands that directly support our mission. We’re making substantial investments in existing businesses. We’re realigning the way we market complementary products across business units. We’re investigating possible mergers and acquisitions. We’re bringing personnel on-board who have as much strategic vision as they have business acumen.
Accuride is the industry’s only single source wheel end solutions provider capable of supplying both steel and aluminum wheels and a range of wheel end components. Previously marketed separately under the business and brand names Accuride Wheels (steel and aluminum wheels) and Gunite (drums, hubs, rotors, and slack adjusters), Accuride recently capitalized on the inherent synergy between the two businesses to create Accuride Wheel End Solutions.
The long-trusted brand names aren’t gone. The Accuride Wheels-branded product line is still the broadest in the North American heavy- and medium-wheel industry. Plus, it’s still the largest North American manufacturer and supplier of wheels for heavy- and medium-duty trucks and commercial trailers, and the only manufacturer and supplier of both steel and forged aluminum heavy- and medium-wheels.
The Gunite-branded product line still includes 100% made in the USA brake drums, disc wheel hubs, spoke wheels, and rotors, as well as slack adjusters, for the heavy-duty and medium-duty trucking, off-highway and bus markets and their related aftermarkets; and it is still the largest producer of wheel-end systems and components in North America.
But the customer experience, ordering process, manufacturing and engineering, and overall dependability will be greater now that both brands are folded into Accuride Wheel End Solutions than they could ever be on their own.
The only question we have is, “why didn’t we do this sooner?!”
Imperial Group is a leading supplier of truck body and chassis components, primarily to heavy- and medium-duty truck manufacturers as well as bus manufacturers. Leveraging a combination of engineering and manufacturing capabilities, responsiveness to customer needs, and operational flexibility, Imperial Group manufactures more than 15,000 individual components to meet the unique needs of each OEM customer.
Imperial Group not only manufactures components including bumpers, battery and tool boxes, crown assemblies, bus component and chassis assemblies, fuel tanks, roofs, fenders, and cross members, but also provides a variety of value-added services such as chrome plating and polishing and the kitting and assembly of exhaust systems.
Brillion Iron Works operates one of the largest and most versatile iron foundries in the United States. Brillion specializes in the casting design and production of gray, ductile and austempered ductile iron products ranging from intricate, thin-walled castings to highly-cored, heavy-sectioned castings. Brillion’s casting excellence is relied upon by leaders in a wide range of industries, including the commercial vehicle; agricultural, construction and mining equipment; oil, gas and hydraulic equipment; diesel and small engine; and industrial machinery markets.