Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 01, 2012

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

Segment information is summarized as follows:



	Quarter Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 1, 2012			August 27, 2011		September 1, 2012		August 27, 2011
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	126,903		$	129,467	$	377,863	$	372,071
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	138,532			132,380		394,275		377,998
Packaging	21,298			22,972		56,714		69,003
	$	286,733		$	284,819	$	828,852	$	819,072

Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	28,478		$	30,175	$	81,403	$	80,969
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	15,741			13,650		44,193		37,077
Packaging	1,962			2,636		4,008		8,486
	46,181			46,461		129,604		126,532
Other income (expense), net	(206		)	99		404		(318		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	45,975		$	46,560	$	130,008	$	126,214



	September 1, 2012		December 3, 2011
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	362,870	$	338,197
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	704,820		693,266
Packaging	39,930		39,571
Corporate	73,799		63,899
	$	1,181,419	$	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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