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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950152-03-006649
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030703
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030703

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000109563
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5080]
		IRS NUMBER:				340117420
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02299
		FILM NUMBER:		03775026

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE APPLIED PLAZA
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44115-5056
		BUSINESS PHONE:		216-426-4753

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE APPLIED PLAZA
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44115-5056

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BEARINGS INC /OH/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN JIM STORES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19600201
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 3, 2003

                      APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                      -------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              OHIO                       1-2299                34-0117420
              ----                       ------                ----------
(State or Other Jurisdiction of     (Commission File        (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)          Number)           Identification No.)

                    One Applied Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
                    ----------------------------------------
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (216) 426-4000.



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ITEM 7. EXHIBITS

     Exhibit 99 - Press release of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. dated
July 3, 2003.


ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

     The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 9, "Regulation FD
Disclosure" and Item 12, "Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial
Conditions".

     Attached to this filing as Exhibit 99 and incorporated by reference herein
is the text of registrant's press release dated July 3, 2003 regarding fourth
quarter earnings.


                                    SIGNATURE
                                    ---------

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                      APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                      (Registrant)


                                      By: /s/ Fred D. Bauer
                                          --------------------------------------
                                              Fred D. Bauer
                                              Vice President-General Counsel
                                                      & Secretary

Date: July 3, 2003




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.     Description
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   99           Press release of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. dated
                July 3, 2003.




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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99


             APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES REVISES FOURTH QUARTER
                  GUIDANCE UPWARD BASED ON NON-OPERATING GAINS

CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 3, 2003) - Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT)
today said it expects earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal 2003, ended
June 30, to be significantly higher than guidance provided in its April 16 news
release, primarily because of non-operating gains.

Management currently expects fourth quarter earnings to be in the range of $0.37
to $0.43 per share ($1.00 to $1.05 per share for fiscal 2003 as a whole) when
year-end financial results are reported on August 8. Actual earnings within that
range are contingent on results from the company's customary year-end physical
inventory adjustment and year-end closing process.

Previously provided guidance included an earnings range of $0.25 to $0.30 per
share for the fourth quarter ($0.88 to $0.93 per share for fiscal 2003 as a
whole).

Applied's fourth quarter results will include a one-time pre-tax gain of $2.2
million from settlement of a property insurance claim. In addition, fourth
quarter SD&A will include approximately $650,000 in pre-tax gains on the sale of
surplus real estate. These two non-operating factors will account for about
$0.10 per share of reported fourth quarter earnings.

"While the manufacturing sector has continued to provide little, if any,
increase in demand, the unified efforts of all of our associates have been able
to improve the earnings potential of our company even in the face of
disappointing U.S. sales," said Applied Chairman & Chief Executive Officer David
L. Pugh. "We have been able to sustain the positive margin movement demonstrated
in our third quarter and to combine that with some one-time events whose timing
were ahead of the schedule we anticipated when we issued our previous guidance.

"Despite higher-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter of 2003,
year-over-year sales comparisons for the company's U.S. service center-based
core business weakened toward the end of the period due to continued weakness in
the manufacturing economy. Thus, we remain cautious about fiscal 2004."

Applied expects sales for its fourth quarter to come in at the high end of
previously provided guidance of $365 million to $375 million - a level
essentially flat with the comparable period last year, but slightly ahead of the
third quarter. Weaker than anticipated U.S. sales have been offset by a strong
performance of the Company's Canadian business.

                                    - MORE -



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Applied will announce its year-end earnings on Friday, August 8, and will hold
its quarterly earnings conference call on Monday, August 11 at 10 a.m. EDT.
Details on how to access the call will be provided in a news release prior to
the earnings announcement.

With more than 450 facilities and 4,400 employee associates across North
America, Applied Industrial Technologies offers more than 2 million parts
critical to the operations of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry.
In addition, Applied provides engineering, design and systems integration for
industrial and fluid power applications, as well as customized mechanical,
fabricated rubber and fluid power shop services. For its fiscal year ended June
30, 2002, the company posted sales of $1.45 billion. Applied can be visited on
the Internet at www.applied.com.

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking, as that term is
defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and
releases. Forward-looking statements are often identified by qualifiers such as
"expect," "believe," "will," and similar expressions. Applied intends that such
forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. All
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations regarding important
risk factors including trends in the industrial sector of the economy, and other
risk factors identified in Applied's most recent periodic report and other
filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, actual
results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements, and the making of such statements should not be regarded as a
representation by Applied or any other person that the results expressed therein
will be achieved. Applied assumes no obligation to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether due to new information, or events, or
otherwise.

For more information, contact John R. Whitten, Vice President-Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer, at 216/426-4245.

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