Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, drives, and generators. It has recently been announced that ABB will be acquiring Baldor in an all cash deal of 4.2 billion USD (1.1 Billion $ Debt included)
Baldor's determination to build the company's position as a maker of top-of-the-line specialty motors required the prompt adoption of new technologies. In the mid-1980s the company's program of acquisitions, which had begun in order to integrate manufacturing, began to be used as a means of extending Baldor's technological expertise. Between 1983 and 1994 Baldor acquired seven manufacturers of motors and drives whose technologies would complement those already being developed at Baldor. Drives, which consist of a motor plus the controls that regulate it, were a new and important addition to Baldor's line of products in the early 1990s. Drives provide greater flexibility than fixed-speed motors by allowing the operator to regulate both the speed and torque of the motor's operation. In 1996, Baldor was predicting that drives would be the fastest growing component of their motor business.
Baldor's investment in its plants, work force and new technology paid off in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sales grew from $181 million in 1986 to $294 million in 1990, and then soared to $503 million in 1996. Even more significant, the company's share of the U.S. motor market nearly doubled to 13 percent in 1996. Given a healthy U.S. industrial economy, Baldor seems well positioned to continue this growth into the next century.
Products
Motors
DC
AC Induction
Grinders / Buffers
DC Servo
AC Servo
Gearmotors
Linear
Drives
DC SCR
AC Inverter
AC Vector
Solid state soft starter
Servo
Motion control
Generators
Portable
Standby
Gear reducers
Worm
Conveyor Components
Pulleys
Motor Mounts
Take-up Frames
Fabricated Components
Assemblies
Baldor Electric Company is one of the leading producers of electric motors for industrial applications in the United States. The Arkansas-based company has essentially had a single mission since its founding in 1920: to make a better motor. This unusually focused approach to business has served Baldor well. In its 77 years of operation, the company has had only two unprofitable years, one of which came at the height of the Great Depression. Baldor distinguishes itself from its larger competitors by offering the broadest assortment of motors in the industry. In 1997, the company could boast of an inventory of 4,400 stock products plus a database of up to 90,000 custom designs and a 13 percent share of the U.S. motor market
Statistics:
Public Company
Incorporated: 1920
Employees: 3,700
Sales: $502.87 million
Stock Exchanges: New York
SICs: 3621 Motors & Generators; 3566 Speed Changers, Industrial High Speed Drives & Gears
Address:
5711 R. S. Boreham Jr. Street
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72908
U.S.A.
Baldor's determination to build the company's position as a maker of top-of-the-line specialty motors required the prompt adoption of new technologies. In the mid-1980s the company's program of acquisitions, which had begun in order to integrate manufacturing, began to be used as a means of extending Baldor's technological expertise. Between 1983 and 1994 Baldor acquired seven manufacturers of motors and drives whose technologies would complement those already being developed at Baldor. Drives, which consist of a motor plus the controls that regulate it, were a new and important addition to Baldor's line of products in the early 1990s. Drives provide greater flexibility than fixed-speed motors by allowing the operator to regulate both the speed and torque of the motor's operation. In 1996, Baldor was predicting that drives would be the fastest growing component of their motor business.
Baldor's investment in its plants, work force and new technology paid off in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sales grew from $181 million in 1986 to $294 million in 1990, and then soared to $503 million in 1996. Even more significant, the company's share of the U.S. motor market nearly doubled to 13 percent in 1996. Given a healthy U.S. industrial economy, Baldor seems well positioned to continue this growth into the next century.
Products
Motors
DC
AC Induction
Grinders / Buffers
DC Servo
AC Servo
Gearmotors
Linear
Drives
DC SCR
AC Inverter
AC Vector
Solid state soft starter
Servo
Motion control
Generators
Portable
Standby
Gear reducers
Worm
Conveyor Components
Pulleys
Motor Mounts
Take-up Frames
Fabricated Components
Assemblies
Baldor Electric Company is one of the leading producers of electric motors for industrial applications in the United States. The Arkansas-based company has essentially had a single mission since its founding in 1920: to make a better motor. This unusually focused approach to business has served Baldor well. In its 77 years of operation, the company has had only two unprofitable years, one of which came at the height of the Great Depression. Baldor distinguishes itself from its larger competitors by offering the broadest assortment of motors in the industry. In 1997, the company could boast of an inventory of 4,400 stock products plus a database of up to 90,000 custom designs and a 13 percent share of the U.S. motor market
Statistics:
Public Company
Incorporated: 1920
Employees: 3,700
Sales: $502.87 million
Stock Exchanges: New York
SICs: 3621 Motors & Generators; 3566 Speed Changers, Industrial High Speed Drives & Gears
Address:
5711 R. S. Boreham Jr. Street
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72908
U.S.A.