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Applied Industrial Technologies Receives NorthCoast 99 Award


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CLEVELAND, OH (November 10, 2009) – Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) has been named a NorthCoast 99 winner for 2009. This is the ninth time Applied has received the annual award that honors 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio.

“Applied is very pleased to receive such a distinction in a year that’s been exceptionally challenging for business,” said Barb Emery, Vice President – Human Resources, for Applied. “We attribute this to our strong values and commitment to communications, as well as our dedication to teamwork, training, and development.”

As developed by the Employers’ Resource Council (ERC) in 1999, NorthCoast 99 nominees are judged on Seven Fundamentals of Workplace Characteristics: Flexibility, Opportunity, Recognition, Development, Security, Support, and Talent Integrity. Organizations must be in existence for at least three years and have a minimum of 15 full-time employees (or equivalent) to be eligible for the award.

ERC is Northeast Ohio’s largest organization dedicated to Human Resources and workplace programs, practices, training and consulting.

With approximately 460 facilities and 4,700 employee associates across North America, Applied Industrial Technologies is an industrial distributor that offers more than 3 million parts critical to the operations of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry. 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. For its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, Applied posted sales of $1.9 billion. Applied can be visited on the Internet at http://www.applied.com.

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