text: Rental expenses incurred for operating leases, principally from leases for real property, vehicles and computer equipment were 
  $31,200 in 2012, $31,400 in 2011 and $30,700 in 2010. 
  
  NOTE 12: SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 
  
  The Company's reportable segments are: Service Center Based Distribution and Fluid Power Businesses. The Service Center Based 
  Distribution segment provides customers with solutions to their maintenance, repair and original equipment manufacturing needs 
  through the distribution of industrial products including bearings, power transmission components, fluid power components, 
  industrial rubber products, linear motion products, safety products, general maintenance and a variety of mill supply products. The 
  Fluid Power Businesses segment distributes fluid power components and operates shops that assemble fluid power systems and 
  components, performs equipment repair, and offers technical advice to customers. 
  
  The accounting policies of the Company’s reportable segments are generally the same as those described in Note 1. Sales primarily 
  from the Fluid Power Businesses segment to the Service Center Based Distribution segment of $18,097, $17,665 and $14,006, in 
  fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, have been eliminated in the table below. 