APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC, 10-K405, EX-21, 2000-09-20

<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 21

APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FORM 10-K FOR
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2000

SUBSIDIARIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Jurisdiction of
Name* Incorporation or Organization
---- -----------------------------

<S> <C>
Air and Hydraulics Engineering, Incorporated Alabama
(d/b/a Air and Hydraulics Engineering)

AIT Limited Partnership Ontario, Canada

Applied Industrial Technologies Ltd. Canada (Federal)

Applied Industrial Technologies -- ABC, Inc. Ohio

Applied Industrial Technologies -- DBB, Inc. Ohio

Applied Industrial Technologies -- Dixie, Inc. Tennessee

Applied Industrial Technologies -- GA LP Delaware

Applied Industrial Technologies -- Mainline, Inc. Wisconsin

Applied Industrial Technologies -- PA LLC Pennsylvania

Applied Industrial Technologies -- TX LP Delaware

Applied - Michigan, Ltd. Ohio

AppliedLink, Inc. (d/b/a AppliedLink) Ohio

Applied Nova Scotia Company Nova Scotia, Canada

BER Capital, Inc. Delaware

BER International, Inc. Barbados

Bearing Sales & Service, Inc. Washington

Bearings, Inc. Alabama

Bearings, Inc. Tennessee

Bearings Pan American, Inc. Ohio
</TABLE>

<PAGE> 2

<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Dynavest Nova Scotia Company Nova Scotia, Canada

ESI Acquisition Corporation Ohio
(d/b/a Engineered Sales, Inc.)

Farm Warehouse, Inc. (d/b/a Farm Warehouse) Missouri

Rafael Benitez Carrillo Inc. Puerto Rico
(d/b/a Rafael Benitez Carrillo)

The Ohio Ball Bearing Company Ohio
</TABLE>

* Except as noted, operating companies conduct business under Applied Industrial
Technologies name