Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 28, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of goodwill

The following table reconciles the activity for goodwill by segment for fiscal years 2015 and 2014.  All goodwill is stated on a gross basis, as the Company has not recorded any impairment charges against goodwill.

	Engine/Mobile Filtration			Industrial/ Environmental Filtration			Packaging		Total
November 30, 2013	$	21,868		$	219,431		$	—	$	241,299
Acquisitions	194,989			74,324			—		269,313
Currency translation adjustments	(743		)	(2,697		)	—		(3,440		)
November 30, 2014	$	216,114		$	291,058		$	—	$	507,172
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments	(7,377		)	11,938			—		4,561
Disposals and write-offs	—			(491		)	—		(491		)
Currency translation adjustments	(1,200		)	(3,777		)	—		(4,977		)
November 30, 2015	$	207,537		$	298,728		$	—	$	506,265

Schedule of intangible assets by segment

The following table summarizes acquired intangible assets by segment.  Other acquired intangible assets include parts manufacturer regulatory approvals, developed technology, patents and noncompete agreements.

	Engine/Mobile Filtration			Industrial/ Environmental Filtration			Packaging		Total
November 30, 2015
Indefinite Lived Intangibles:
Trademarks - indefinite lived	$	783		$	74,779		$	—	$	75,562
Finite Lived Intangibles:
Trademarks - finite lived, gross	$	274		$	568		$	—	$	842
Accumulated amortization	(132		)	(435		)	—		(567		)
Trademarks - finite lived, net	$	142		$	133		$	—	$	275
Customer relationships, gross	$	139,476		$	130,032		$	—	$	269,508
Accumulated amortization	(18,680		)	(38,975		)	—		(57,655		)
Customer relationships, net	$	120,796		$	91,057		$	—	$	211,853
Other acquired intangibles, gross	$	11,243		$	60,565		$	—	$	71,808
Accumulated amortization	(1,985		)	(28,358		)	—		(30,343		)
Other acquired intangibles, net	$	9,258		$	32,207		$	—	$	41,465
Total finite lived intangible assets, net	$	130,196		$	123,397		$	—	$	253,593
Acquired intangible assets, less accumulated amortization	$	130,979		$	198,176		$	—	$	329,155

	Engine/Mobile Filtration			Industrial/ Environmental Filtration			Packaging		Total
November 30, 2014
Indefinite Lived Intangibles:
Trademarks - indefinite lived	$	783		$	76,150		$	—	$	76,933
Finite Lived Intangibles:
Trademarks - finite lived, gross	$	294		$	488		$	—	$	782
Accumulated amortization	(119		)	(342		)	—		(461		)
Trademarks - finite lived, net	$	175		$	146		$	—	$	321
Customer relationships, gross	$	139,551		$	121,741		$	—	$	261,292
Accumulated amortization	(8,109		)	(29,285		)	—		(37,394		)
Customer relationships, net	$	131,442		$	92,456		$	—	$	223,898
Other acquired intangibles, gross	$	11,243		$	60,958		$	—	$	72,201
Accumulated amortization	(884		)	(24,891		)	—		(25,775		)
Other acquired intangibles, net	$	10,359		$	36,067		$	—	$	46,426
Total finite lived intangible assets, net	$	141,976		$	128,669		$	—	$	270,645
Acquired intangible assets, less accumulated amortization	$	142,759		$	204,819		$	—	$	347,578

Schedule of expected amortization expense

The following tables summarize actual amortization expense for the past three fiscal years and estimated amortization expense for the next five fiscal years.

Amortization expense for the fiscal years ended:
2015	$	25,528
2014	20,362
2013	5,904

Estimated amortization expense for the next five fiscal years:
2016	$	24,259
2017	24,077
2018	23,410
2019	23,194
2020	22,897