SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Segment information is summarized as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 3, 2012		February 26, 2011
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	120,283	$	111,328
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	121,114		112,119
Packaging	15,867		22,273
	$	257,264	$	245,720

Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	23,297	$	21,202
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	10,705		7,248
Packaging	310		2,841
	34,312		31,291
Other income (expense), net	646		(207		)

Earnings before income taxes	$	34,958	$	31,084



	March 3, 2012		December 3, 2011
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	351,850	$	338,197
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	682,802		693,266
Packaging	38,194		39,571
Corporate	52,892		63,899
	$	1,125,738	$	1,134,933

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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