Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012


	Three Months Ended Sept. 30,						Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Net sales:
Automotive	$	1,650,857		$	1,611,333		$	4,789,258		$	4,601,272
Industrial		1,138,854			1,089,826			3,398,801			3,140,855
Office products		444,255			447,310			1,283,748			1,297,965
Electrical/electronic materials		150,877			143,342			447,433			419,936
Other		(9,065	)		(6,251	)		(24,338	)		(15,286	)

Total net sales	$	3,375,778		$	3,285,560		$	9,894,902		$	9,444,742

Operating profit:
Automotive	$	150,648		$	141,233		$	418,187		$	377,927
Industrial		94,621			97,191			274,002			248,489
Office products		29,942			27,204			98,068			95,975
Electrical/electronic materials		13,555			11,138			38,454			30,380

Total operating profit		288,766			276,766			828,711			752,771
Interest expense, net		(4,971	)		(6,244	)		(14,705	)		(18,980	)
Other, net		(12,262	)		(23,422	)		(47,000	)		(53,160	)

Income before income taxes	$	271,533		$	247,100		$	767,006		$	680,631

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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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