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ABB Motors and Drives US company history timeline

1920

Baldor Electric was founded in 1920 by Edwin Ballman and Emil Doerr.

1975

Galco, was established in 1975 as a distributor of Industrial and Commercial Electrical and Electronic Control, Automation and Motion Products, Repair and Engineering Services.

1988

ABB was founded on January 5, 1988, and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

5, 1988, had revenues of $17 billion and employed 160,000 people around the world.

2007

In 2007, Baldor Electric acquired the Dodge and Reliance Electric brands from Rockwell Automation for $1.8 billion.

2011

In 2011, Baldor was acquired by ABB Ltd of Switzerland in an all-cash deal of US$4.2 billion ($1.1 billion debt included). The company continued to operate as Baldor Electric Company A Member of the ABB Group.

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1920
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Edwin Ballman,Emil Doerr
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