John McFarland, Chairman and CEO of Baldor Electric Company (NYSE: BEZ), will give a presentation at the Gabelli & Company 19th Annual Pump, Valve & Motor Symposium at 11:30 am eastern time on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, in New York. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on Baldor's website at www.baldor.com.

Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, mechanical power transmission products, drives, and generators and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Baldor is the leading manufacturer of industrial electric motors in North America and has 28 manufacturing locations worldwide.