Baldor Electric Company (Baldor) is a marketer, designer, and manufacturer of industrial electric motors, mechanical power transmission products, drives, and generators, supplying over 9,500 customers in more than 160 industries. The Company’s products are sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and distributors serving markets in the United States and worldwide. Its products are marketed throughout the United States and in more than 70 foreign countries. On August 29, 2008, Baldor acquired Poulies Maska, Inc. (Maska) of Ste-Claire, Quebec, Canada. Maska is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of sheaves, bushings, couplings and related mechanical power transmission components.