The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology, is the lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system. JPL has led the modern world in the exploration of the majority of every known planet in our solar system, except Pluto.

Bill Colton, Manager of Baldor Los Angeles said: “…Baldor has worked with JPL a lot over the years. We have supplied DC motors (subreflector positioner) and drive amplifiers (antenna) for some of the world’s most sophisticated antennae systems developed and used by JPL. The antennas are used to track communications between space satellites and Earth ground communication stations...”

Every U.S. deep space mission is designed to allow continuous radio communication with the spacecraft.

Baldor has been selected as one of forty-five Editor's Choice Award winners for 2005 by Control Engineering Magazine. Baldor's new H2 Adjustable Speed Drive was selected as a winner in the Motors, Drives and Motion Control category.

Baldor's new H2 Inverter drive offers open loop speed control in one easy to use package: V/Hz mode for multiple motors or Encoderless Vector for higher performance all in one package.

For additional information copy and paste the following link into your browser. http://www.baldor.com/products/accontrols/h2_inverter.asp

Congratulations is in order once again! Readers have voiced their opinions in an independent study conducted in November 2005 by Machine Design magazine (a leading publication read by designers, engineers, and specifiers of equipment used in the manufacture of industrial machines) and Baldor once again has been selected as the "Most Preferred" in both motors and drives.

This is a first for Baldor in the drives category and we are very proud of this accomplishment. Our new H2 industrial drives are beginning to make their way into the field and customers like the H2's reliability, ease of use and high performance. Here are the results from the independent survey. 

Most Preferred Motors	2005	2003
Baldor	42%	42%
GE	13%	3%
Dayton	5%	5%
Reliance	5%	5%

Most Preferred Drives	2005	2003
Baldor	32%	27%
Allen Bradley	26%	29%
ABB	23%	12%
Yaskawa	16%	10%
Danfoss	13%	16%
Reliance	5%	15%

Baldor has been named to the Business Ethics magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list for 2006.

Now in it's 7th year, the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list identifies companies among the Russell 1000 - the largest publicly traded U.S. companies - that excel at serving a variety of stakeholders well.

Making the list is a significant accomplishment. Companies that made the list will be spotlighted in the Spring 2006 issue of Business Ethics magazine.