Just about any time you see a commercial truck rolling down America’s highways, it is likely to have some Gunite in it; that is to say, parts made by Gunite Corporation. Based in Indiana, with distributors and dealers all over the country, Gunite, a business unit of Accuride Corporation, is the largest producer in North America of what are called wheel-end systems and components for the medium and heavy duty truck market. That includes brake drums, disc wheel hubs, spoke wheels, rotors, and slack adjusters. The company designs, manufactures, and sells more wheel-end components for the heavy-duty trucking industry than any other single manufacturer.

The company has been around for over 150 years, originally producing components for the growing farm implement market, and today is such a major player in the commercial truck market that its products are offered as standard equipment on most big and medium size trucks made in North America. Gunite brake drums, for example, have long been selected as the standard drum used in the testing of brake linings.

Over the years the company’s dedication to quality has gained Gunite ISO 14001:2004/TS-16949 certification, industry recognition in the form of Ford Motor Company’s prestigious Q-1 award and Freightliner’s Masters of Quality award, as well as approval as standard equipment by every OEM in the heavy-duty industry.

Being a part of the Accuride family, Gunite has helped make Accuride Corporation one of the largest and most diversified producers and suppliers of commercial vehicle components on the continent. Accuride’s products include commercial vehicle wheels, wheel-end components and assemblies, truck body and chassis parts, and other commercial vehicle components.

For more information on Accuride, visit www.AccurideCorp.com

For more information on Gunite Corporation, visit www.Gunite.com

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