Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

   The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Jon S. Ploetz and David K. Wells, and each of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority, and in either or both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein authorized.

By:	/s/ Madhuri A. Andrews
	Madhuri A. Andrews
By:	/s/ Shelly M. Chadwick
	Shelly M. Chadwick
By:	/s/ Mary Dean Hall
	Mary Dean Hall
By:	/s/ Dan. P. Komnenovich
	Dan P. Komnenovich
By:	/s/ Robert J. Pagano, Jr.
	Robert J. Pagano, Jr.
By:	/s/ Vincent K. Petrella
	Vincent K. Petrella
By:	/s/ Joe A. Raver
	Joe A. Raver
By:	/s/ Peter C. Wallace
	Peter C. Wallace