Applied Industrial (AIT) 10-K 2014 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By:  /s/ T. A. Commes  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By: /s/ Peter A. Dorsman  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By: /s/ L. Thomas Hiltz  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By:  /s/ Edith Kelly-Green

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By:  /s/ D. P. Komnenovich 

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By: /s/ John F. Meier  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By:  /s/ J. M. Moore  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By:  /s/ Vincent K. Petrella  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By:  /s/ Jerry Sue Thornton  

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          The undersigned director and/or officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and Mark O. Eisele, 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 Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

Date: August 12, 2014 By: /s/ Peter C. Wallace