Franklin Electric is a leading manufacturer of submersible pump

Submersible pump

A submersible pump is a device which has a hermetically sealed motor close-coupled to the pump body. The whole assembly is submerged in the fluid to be pumped. The main advantage of this type of pump is that it prevents pump cavitation, a problem associated with a high elevation difference between...

s, fueling systems and other applications such as submersible electric motor

Electric motor

An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force...

s & center pivot irrigation

Center pivot irrigation

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Until 2004, Franklin Electric was primarily a supplier to OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

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s such as ITT

ITT Corporation

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/Goulds and Pentair

Pentair

Pentair, Inc. is a Golden Valley, Minnesota based company focused on water technologies and enclosures for electronic products. Its Water Technologies Group provides products and systems used worldwide in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of water...

. Franklin shifted the business focus from being a motor OEM to being a leading supplier of ground water pumping product. As a way to create system solutions that bring value to Franklin's customers over the past several years Franklin has made a series of strategic acquisitions in the water pumping industry. These acquisitions include The Little Giant Pump Company, JBD (formerly the pump line of Jacuzzi

Jacuzzi

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), Monarch Pumps, Centrifugal pump lines from Pioneer Pump, CAL pumps, Western Pump, Schneider Motobombas, Denorco Pumps, and a controlling share of Vertical Pumps of Italy. Franklin Electric has successfully changed its focus to being the global leader of ground water pumping products.

In addition to supplying products for the ground water pumping industry Franklin Electric is also glad to be serving the industries such as agriculture irrigation and dewatering, coal bed methane, sump, sewage, and effluent, water gardening, OEM submersible electric motors, and the fluid fueling industry to name a few.

Franklin Electric has manufacturing facilities in the United States

United States

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, Germany

Germany

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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, Italy

Italy

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, Brazil, Australia

Australia

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, China

China

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, and Japan

Japan

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