Baldor Electric Company 1st Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call

FORT SMITH, Ark., April 11 -- Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, power transmission products, drives, and generators and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Baldor will report its 1st quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 after the market closes.

A conference call to discuss the results will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET). The call can be heard live on Baldor's website at http://www.baldor.com/.

Interested parties may call in by dialing 877-440-5784. An audio replay of the call will be available through May 1st at 888-203-1112 (passcode 2074683).