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Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Net sales:
Automotive	$	1,644,902		$	1,585,074		$	3,138,401		$	2,989,939
Industrial		1,138,724			1,051,258			2,259,947			2,051,029
Office products		413,340			417,989			839,493			850,655
Electrical/electronic materials		149,440			136,780			296,556			276,594
Other		(8,570	)		(6,117	)		(15,273	)		(9,035	)

Total net sales	$	3,337,836		$	3,184,984		$	6,519,124		$	6,159,182

Operating profit:
Automotive	$	152,978		$	138,795		$	267,539		$	236,694
Industrial		95,053			85,289			179,381			151,298
Office products		30,611			31,367			68,126			68,771
Electrical/electronic materials		12,933			9,172			24,899			19,242

Total operating profit		291,575			264,623			539,945			476,005
Interest expense, net		(5,019	)		(6,236	)		(9,734	)		(12,736	)
Other, net		(19,251	)		(16,836	)		(34,738	)		(29,738	)

Income before income taxes	$	267,305		$	241,551		$	495,473		$	433,531

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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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