Franklin Electric Company is the world's largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors and a leading producer of engineered specialty electric motor products and electronic controls used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) around the world, in a wide variety of residential, industrial and municipal applications. The principal application for Franklin's submersible electric motors is for water well pumping systems. Franklin Electric also makes submersible motors that are used in underground gasoline and diesel fuel storage pumping systems and wastewater handling systems. Franklin's engineered specialty electric motor products and electronic controls are used in a wide variety of industrial products, including gasoline dispensers, paint sprayers, electric hoists, explosion-proof vapor exhaust fans, vacuum pumping systems, livestock feeding systems, and soft ice cream machines. With 3,200 employees worldwide, Franklin Electric is a global manufacturer with fifteen manufacturing/distributing facilities located in the United States, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, China, and Japan.