Segment Results (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segment Results [Abstract]

Schedule Of Financial Information By Reportable Segment

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Endedd September 30,
(in thousands)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net sales
Aerospace & Electronics	$	172,216		$	143,161		$	505,690		$	416,105
Engineered Materials		53,101			54,904			175,034			167,305
Merchandising Systems		98,815			77,199			287,703			221,897
Fluid Handling		303,553			255,842			856,660			758,218
Controls		31,771			29,608			89,162			80,294
Total	$	659,456		$	560,714		$	1,914,249		$	1,643,819
Operating profit (loss)
Aerospace & Electronics	$	35,640		$	25,368		$	106,839		$	76,072
Engineered Materials		5,919			7,965			25,192			26,677
Merchandising Systems		10,845			6,261			22,632			19,340
Fluid Handling		40,866			33,197			113,262			93,338
Controls		4,619			1,949			11,447			2,900
Corporate		(15,773	)		(11,861	)		(44,453	)		(36,864	)
Total		82,116			62,879			234,919			181,463
Interest income		442			299			1,121			760
Interest expense		(6,474	)		(6,738	)		(19,525	)		(20,121	)
Miscellaneous—net		(73	)		1,522			3,262	*		897
Income before income taxes	$	76,011		$	57,962		$	219,777		$	162,999

* Primarily related to the sale of a building in the first quarter of 2011.

Schedule Of Assets By Segment

	As of
(in thousands)	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Assets
Aerospace & Electronics	$	519,532	$	498,775
Engineered Materials		255,591		255,340
Merchandising Systems		430,954		419,704
Fluid Handling		929,951		829,523
Controls		65,444		66,744
Corporate		532,717		636,611
Total	$	2,734,189	$	2,706,697

Schedule Of Goodwill By Segment

	As of
(in thousands)	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Goodwill
Aerospace & Electronics	$	203,529	$	202,481
Engineered Materials		171,493		171,491
Merchandising Systems		197,391		197,453
Fluid Handling		221,210		210,695
Controls		28,108		28,165
Total	$	821,731	$	810,285