Sales for the electrical products segment were $1.8 billion during the second quarter, up 95 percent over the second quarter of 2012, reflecting the impact of the Cooper Industries acquisition. Excluding acquisition integration charges of $12 million during the quarter, operating profits were $284 million, up 88 percent over the second quarter of 2012.

Sales for the electrical systems and services segment were $1.6 billion, up 78 percent over the second quarter of 2012, reflecting the impact of the Cooper Industries acquisition. Excluding acquisition integration charges of $11 million during the quarter, operating profits were $238 million, up 148 percent over the second quarter of 2012.

Hydraulics segment sales were $772 million, an increase of less than 1 percent compared to the second quarter of 2012. Sales growth was driven by revenues from acquisitions completed in 2012, which accounted for 10 percent growth, offset by a 9 percent decline in core sales and a 1 percent decline from currency translation. Excluding acquisition integration charges of $8 million, operating profits were $112 million, a decline of 11 percent.

Aerospace segment sales were $446 million, up 2 percent over the second quarter of 2012. Operating profits in the second quarter were $67 million, an increase of 14 percent compared to a year earlier.

The vehicle segment posted sales of $1 billion, down 4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2012. The segment reported operating profits of $172 million, an increase of 2 percent over the second quarter of 2012.

For the first six months, sales for Eaton were $10.9 billion, an increase of 35.9 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Profit increased 26.6 percent to $877 million.

“We entered 2013 expecting it would be a year of subpar global economic growth, leading to approximately 2 to 3 percent growth in our markets,” said. Cutler. “With global economic growth coming in lower than our earlier expectations, we now believe our markets will grow just 1 percent in 2013.”