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Applied Industrial Technologies is an industrial distributor that offers more than 2 million parts critical to the operations of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry. Its products include bearings, power transmission products, fluid power components, industrial rubber products, and maintenance supplies and safety supplies. In addition, Applied provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial and fluid power applications, as well as customized mechanical, fabricated rubber and fluid power shop services. Applied Industrial Technologies was named to Forbes magazine's 2005 Platinum 400 list of Best Big Companies in America. The company has headquarters in Cleveland and operates more than 450 offices throughout North America.

Parker Hannifin Corporation, with annual sales exceeding $6 billion, is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies, providing systematic, precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company's products are vital to virtually everything that moves or requires control, including the manufacture and processing of raw materials, durable goods, infrastructure development and all forms of transport. Parker products are utilized in the extraction of oil from submarine oil sources. The company s products are also found in machines that power drive-though car washes. Parker-Hannifin serves 1,200 markets through 8,600 distributors in nearly 50 countries. Donald E. Washkewicz has been the chief executive officer of Parker-Hannifin for more than five years. He has been with the capital goods company for over 33 years. Washkewicz earned a BME from Cleveland State University, and a MBA from Case Western Reserve. The company has more than 250 plants with 50,000-plus employees. Parker Hannifin maintains a location in Cleveland and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Supply Technologies is one of the premier providers of global, cross-industry, supply-chain management services built on a core logistics capability. Supply Technologies specializes in sourcing, planning, implementing and managing the physical flow of production components to large manufacturers from the point of origin to the point of use. It has three distinct customer segments that rely on an inventory and supply chain management expertise to provide efficient and seamless component procurement. Supply Technologies metal forming division is comprised of fastener manufacturers. These operations are positioned to join in the supply chain management.