SEGMENT INFORMATION (Note)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 27, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in three principal product segments: Engine/Mobile Filtration, Industrial/Environmental Filtration and Packaging. Net sales represent sales to unaffiliated customers as reported in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings.  Intersegment sales were not material.  Unallocated amounts consist of interest expense, interest income and other non-operating income and expense items.  Assets are those assets used in each business segment.  Corporate assets consist of cash, deferred income taxes, corporate facility and equipment and various other assets that are not specific to an operating segment.  The Company operates as a consolidated entity, including cooperation between segments, cost allocating and sharing of certain assets.  As such, the Company makes no representation, that if operated on a standalone basis, these segments would report net sales, operating profit and other financial data reflected below. Segment information is summarized as follows:

	Quarter Ended					Nine Months Ended
	August 27, 2011		August 28, 2010			August 27, 2011			August 28, 2010
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	129,467	$	118,753		$	372,071		$	328,615
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	132,380		119,589			377,998			339,182
Packaging	22,972		24,428			69,003			67,973
	$	284,819	$	262,770		$	819,072		$	735,770
Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	30,175	$	25,937		$	80,969		$	67,442
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	13,650		12,887			37,077			27,541
Packaging	2,636		2,868			8,486			5,817
	46,461		41,692			126,532			100,800
Other income (expense), net	99		(18		)	(318		)	(736		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	46,560	$	41,674		$	126,214		$	100,064

	August 27, 2011		November 27, 2010
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	340,158	$	292,196
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	701,351		650,530
Packaging	44,308		40,450
Corporate	32,142		59,235
	$	1,117,959	$	1,042,411