- published: 23 Mar 2012
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Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, mechanical power transmission products, drives, and generators.
The company manufactures it's products in 20 U.S. locations, 2 in Canada, 2 in China, 1 in England and 1 in Mexico.
The company's strategy is to be the highest value provider, focusing on quality, service and time.
The company has had a long-term focus on energy-efficiency and was the first in the industry to introduce a line of premium-efficiency industrial electric motors, the Super-E in 1983.
The company sells Baldor*Reliance and ABB branded industrial electric motors. Products are available in both IEC and NEMA configurations and range from 1/50th to 100,000 horsepower.
The company sells Baldor and ABB branded industrial drives and controls.
The brands of mechanical power transmission components are Baldor*Dodge and Baldor*Maska.
Baldor Electric was founded in 1920 by Edwin Ballman and Emil Doerr. The name of the company was derived using part of each of their names. In 1967 the Company's headquarters were moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Smith, Arkansas.