Baldor(ABB)

Baldor Electric Company is a leading marketer, designer and manufacturer of energy-saving industrial electric motors, drives, and mechanical power transmission products. The company was founded on the premise that a better motor is one that uses less electricity, a belief that stands true today.

Industrial motor products range from sub-fractional to 100,000 horsepower and include AC, DC, gear and servo motors from Baldor-Reliance® and ABB, and mechanical power transmission products include mounted bearings, enclosed gearing, couplings, bushings, sheaves, and pulleys from Baldor-Dodge®.

Baldor serves over 10,000 industrial customers globally, with half of sales to original equipment manufacturers and half to distributors for replacement purposes. These customers operate in a variety of process industries including chemical, oil and gas, food and beverage, pulp and paper, aggregate and cement, mining, paper and packaging, agriculture and water/wastewater.

The company was founded in 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, and has been based in Fort Smith, Arkansas since 1967. On January 27, 2011, the company was acquired by ABB Ltd of Zurich, Switzerland.