Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, Applied Industrial Technologies has transformed from a traditional parts supplier to a 21st centenary technology company.
"So what do you say, Joe?" The man asked impatiently. The man was Thomas Berry Moore, a customer that Joe had sold mechanical parts to through the years. Joe Bruening paused. "Okay, I'm in," he smiled, unaware he had just committed himself to a business risk that would later become Applied Industrial Technologies, a 45-state network of 400 branch locations, 8 distribution center