Franklin Electric Co., Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of products and systems focused on the movement and management of water and energy. The company offers pumps, motors, drives, and controls for use in a variety of residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and municipal applications. Headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana,[1] the company also operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, China, and Japan.[2]
History
Franklin Electric was founded in 1944 in Bluffton, Indiana, USA[3] by E.J. (Ed) Schaefer and T.W. (Wayne) Kehoe. They named the company Franklin Electric in honor of Benjamin Franklin,[4]