Accuride Corporation Prices Its Initial Public Offering

Evansville , Ind. --April 25, 2005--Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) today announced that it has priced its initial public offering of 11,000,000 shares of common stock at $9.00 per share.  Accuride Corporation has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,650,000 shares at the initial public offering price within 30 days to cover over-allotments, if any.

Accuride Corporation’s common stock is scheduled to commence trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACW” on April 26, 2005.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC are serving as joint book-running managers of the offering.  Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Bear, Sterns & Co. are acting as co-managers of the offering.