Baldor has changed company name - now ABB

[notlob]

As of March 1, 2018; will still sell products under Baldor, Reliance, etc. brands.

From Baldor website:

"As ABB, the organization will continue to manufacture, design and market the product brands of Baldor-Reliance® motors and Dodge® mechanical power transmission products from 15 U.S. manufacturing locations. The organization will continue to support ABB’s entire U.S. motors and generators business unit, including ABB branded IEC motors, large AC motors, generators and related services from the motors, generators and mechanical business headquarters in Fort Smith, Arkansas."

http://www.baldor.com/our-profile/news/company-news

 

[rlitman]

So they were bought out by the Swedes. Interesting.

 

[thooks]

ABB is THE premier brand for VFD Drives and Robotics Controls.

 

[barnonline]

Baldor was aquired by ABB in 2011, but kept it's ownname/brand until recently

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldor_Electric_Company

 

[r_olson_06]

ABB is buying up alot industrial component companies. They now own Dodge (bearings) as well and now just bought B&R who make PLCs and servo controllers.

 

[Pig_Pen]

They announced they were going to do it last year. Drove past the factory Friday and they had a plastic ABB banner covering up the Baldor sign.

 

[Lelandwelds]

Oh, no. The yellow haired giant is gobbling up the USA! Does Google translate Swedish? Could IKEA ship their stuff store to store for peanuts like FASTENAL does?

 

[finn]

So, since Baldor isn’t an American company anymore after they sold out to the evil Swedes, can we expect the regular bash force to start attacking them at any time now?

 

[6PTsocket]

So, since Baldor isn’t an American company anymore after they sold out to the evil Swedes, can we expect the regular bash force to start attacking them at any time now?

They'll have to wait their turn. I'm still bashing Shinn Fu for buying Hein Werner And Chang Type for buying Delta and TTI for buying everything else.


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[redmondjp]

The globalists are running the USA now; so everything is going according to plan. I'm doing my best to buy old American-made equipment and to keep it going - just bought a 1990 John Deere F510 mower that I'm fixing up, and it should last me another 15 years.

Curtis compressors also were bought out by the Chinese too . . .

 

[WittHay]

ABB is Swiss company and one of the bigger electrical companies. They own Thomas & Betts or T&B which has several factories in Canada. Marrette, Iberville and MicroElectric are well known Canadian made electrical products.

Foreign owned doesn't really mean much in a global economy. Stihl is a German company that makes good made in USA equipment. Apex is a US company that makes very little, if any at all US products

John Deere a US company make tractors in India, Mexico and Germany that get imported to North America. Kubota a Japanese company manufacturers the majority of its North American market tractors in the USA

 

[Parrothead]

And don’t even get me started on car companies. lol. GM makes the Buick Encore in China and ships it here. Buy American?

It’s silly to get worked up over these things. Just another day in the world of business.

 

[finn]

O

To us Finns, the Swedes are known as the oppressors.

 

[mowkep]

I remember back in the 90s our machine was leasing space from another machine shop. They used to make the worm drive shafts and bronze gears for ABB. They were used in transformers

 

[manwithtools]

I remember back in the 90s our machine was leasing space from another machine shop. They used to make the worm drive shafts and bronze gears for ABB. They were used in transformers

Worm drive shafts and gears in transformers? I've never heard of that, are you sure they weren't for gear boxes?

 

[manwithtools]

ABB bought GE's Industrial Solutions group recently as well. ABB is big player in the industrial world, always has been. They are trying to get bigger through acquisition.

 

[American Locomotive]

I've heard from more than one person that Baldor quality has gone down since the ABB purchase - mainly lots of bearing issues. Anyone else find that?

Worm drive shafts and gears in transformers? I've never heard of that, are you sure they weren't for gear boxes?

Big transformers used in the power generation industry have mechanical tap changers for voltage and load adjustment.

 

[6PTsocket]

ABB is Swiss company and one of the bigger electrical companies. They own Thomas & Betts or T&B which has several factories in Canada. Marrette, Iberville and MicroElectric are well known Canadian made electrical products.

Foreign owned doesn't really mean much in a global economy. Stihl is a German company that makes good made in USA equipment. Apex is a US company that makes very little, if any at all US products

John Deere a US company make tractors in India, Mexico and Germany that get imported to North America. Kubota a Japanese company manufacturers the majority of its North American market tractors in the USA

I also read that the low end John Deeres are made by MTD.
The "evil" Swedes from Husqvarna bought Red Max from Kumatsu so there must be somebody pissed off in Japan. LOL.
To be honest, companies buy and sell divisions all the time and often manufacture outside the home country. Win some lose some. As long as Baldor still makes quality motors in their US factory, that is a big plus. Not all Baldors are US made. We had a lot of them at work that were made in Spain.

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[xin]

Nothing new under the sun.

 

[manwithtools]

Big transformers used in the power generation industry have mechanical tap changers for voltage and load adjustment.

Good point, I had my mind on small to medium size transformers, tap changers had escaped my thought process.

 

[7th Kahuna]

Good to know about Baldor. I was unfamiliar with ABB.