Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
	(in thousands)
Net sales:
Automotive	$	1,898,508		$	1,898,515
Industrial		1,181,823			1,143,274
Office products		490,298			418,098
Electrical/electronic materials		182,046			180,331
Other		(16,624	)		(15,321	)

Total net sales	$	3,736,051		$	3,624,897

Operating profit:
Automotive	$	150,641		$	150,110
Industrial		87,769			83,050
Office products		36,524			33,946
Electrical/electronic materials		15,463			15,529

Total operating profit		290,397			282,635
Interest expense, net		(5,327	)		(6,206	)
Other intangible assets amortization		(8,604	)		(8,876	)
Other, net		(25,085	)		(23,581	)

Income before income taxes	$	251,381		$	243,972

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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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