Baldor Electric Company, headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is a leading marketer, designer, and manufacturer of energy-saving industrial electric motors and mechanical power transmission products. Founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1920, Baldor has a long, rich history dating back to 1878. Industrial Electric Motors Baldor offers the broadest range of industrial AC and DC electric motors to value-minded customers. The company’s product lines include the entire Baldor-Reliance® range of NEMA motors, ABB’s IEC motor line, and large motors up to 100,000 horsepower, ensuring a complete solution for most industrial applications. The company also offers variable speed, servo, synchronous, switched reluctance, gear, pump, brake, and explosion-proof motors. Mounted Bearings, Enclosed Gearing and Mechanical Power Transmission Components Baldor Electric is the North American leading producer of mechanical power transmission products with Dodge® mounted bearings, enclosed gearing, and power transmission components such as couplings, sheaves, bushings, and pulleys. These industrial products are all designed to thrive in the most rugged environments, with the lowest total cost of ownership over the lifetime of the product. Industry Solutions Baldor Electric Company also offers a host of industry experts who understand the challenges of applications in food processing, unit handling, air handling, mining, forest, oil and gas, and water/wastewater. In addition, the company designs and manufactures a number of industry-specific product solutions for these industries and applications. In 2011, Baldor Electric Company became a proud member of the ABB Group. As a single organization, Baldor and ABB can offer complete industrial solutions to local and global customers more effectively than any other industrial supplier.