Fort Smith, Arkansas ?Baldor Electric Company (NYSE:BEZ) markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, drives, and generators and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Baldor announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Reliance Electric Company, including Dodge?mechanical and Reliance Electric?motors, from Rockwell Automation.

Details of the acquisition will be discussed when the Company releases its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2006 financial results at 3:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 1, 2007.