Hurricanes Causing Big Business For One Arkansas Company
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Baldor Incorporated of Fort Smith
reports a huge surge in its generator business as a result of the
three back-to-back-to-back hurricanes that hit Florida and other
parts of the Southeast.
Baldor says hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan generated about
One (m) million dollars in additional generator sales in the past
six weeks.
Baldor sold more than One thousand generators because of the
hurricanes and says buyers include homeowners and repair crews who
are working while electric lines are down.
Thirty-two Baldor warehouses have emptied. A sales manager says
it`s the largest increase in generator sales since Hurricane Andrew
in 1992.
