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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.

Moog Flo-Tork, established in 1957 and a subsidiary of Crown Steel Products, is a manufacturer of pneumatic and hydraulic rack and pinion rotary actuators. It offers a variety of custom-designed components for marine, aerospace, military, industrial and commercial applications. The company is also a supplier of hydraulic rotary actuators and specially designed systems that operate critical valves and hatches of nuclear-powered submarines and naval vessels. It has a more than 90,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that provides inspection, testing and production services. Its Web site offers engineering guides, technical specifications, product details and customer support. Moog Flo-Tork is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio.