SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(In thousands)	September 30,						September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Net sales
Commercial/Industrial	$	294,158		$	276,179		$	865,070		$	841,812
Defense	142,681			114,946			384,917			335,553
Power	132,102			117,929			412,667			370,798
Less: Intersegment revenues	(1,040		)	(1,962		)	(3,509		)	(4,797		)
Total consolidated	$	567,901		$	507,092		$	1,659,145		$	1,543,366
Operating income (expense)
Commercial/Industrial	$	46,774		$	39,067		$	121,088		$	108,076
Defense	33,636			28,822			65,978			64,276
Power	19,486			14,130			60,896			44,872
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(3,346		)	(5,446		)	(16,914		)	(15,299		)
Total consolidated	$	96,550		$	76,573		$	231,048		$	201,925

⁽¹⁾ Corporate and eliminations includes pension and other postretirement benefit expense, certain environmental costs related to remediation at legacy sites, foreign currency transactional gains and losses, and certain other expenses.

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(In thousands)	September 30,				September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Total operating income	$	96,550	$	76,573	$	231,048	$	201,925
Interest expense	10,457		10,488		31,584		30,694
Other income, net	321		483		823		818
Earnings before income taxes	$	86,414	$	66,568	$	200,287	$	172,049

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated

(In thousands)	September 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Identifiable assets
Commercial/Industrial	$	1,443,206	$	1,391,040
Defense	1,051,580		751,859
Power	502,553		516,321
Corporate and Other	223,885		378,561
Total consolidated	$	3,221,224	$	3,037,781