Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2013

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

Segment information is summarized as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 2, 2013			March 3, 2012
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	117,675		$	120,283
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	122,626			121,114
Packaging	15,970			15,867
	$	256,271		$	257,264

Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	23,449		$	23,297
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	9,678			10,705
Packaging	688			310
	33,815			34,312
Other income (expense), net	(11		)	646
Earnings before income taxes	$	33,804		$	34,958



	March 2, 2013		December 1, 2012
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	368,872	$	372,011
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	704,486		706,610
Packaging	37,974		36,350
Corporate	74,838		90,531
	$	1,186,170	$	1,205,502

- 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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