Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Net sales:
Automotive	$	1,611,333		$	1,481,294		$	4,601,272		$	4,231,367
Industrial		1,089,826			921,162			3,140,855			2,606,697
Office products		447,310			434,513			1,297,965			1,246,984
Electrical/electronic materials		143,342			117,290			419,936			324,167
Other		(6,251	)		(3,699	)		(15,286	)		(9,354	)

Total net sales	$	3,285,560		$	2,950,560		$	9,444,742		$	8,399,861


Operating profit:
Automotive	$	141,233		$	124,059		$	377,927		$	338,986
Industrial		97,191			72,856			248,489			181,820
Office products		27,204			26,657			95,975			93,670
Electrical/electronic materials		11,138			8,393			30,380			22,156

Total operating profit		276,766			231,965			752,771			636,632
Interest expense, net		(6,244	)		(6,562	)		(18,980	)		(19,988	)
Other, net		(23,422	)		(12,914	)		(53,160	)		(41,247	)

Income before income taxes	$	247,100		$	212,489		$	680,631		$	575,397

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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