SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2019			2018
Net sales
Commercial/Industrial	$	293,750		$	296,753
Defense	121,497			120,883
Power	164,147			132,158
Less: Intersegment revenues	(1,080		)	(2,272		)
Total consolidated	$	578,314		$	547,522
Operating income (expense)
Commercial/Industrial	$	39,446		$	39,225
Defense	17,653			19,728
Power	24,219			15,342
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(9,273		)	(9,797		)
Total consolidated	$	72,045		$	64,498

⁽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
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2019		2018
Total operating income	$	72,045	$	64,498
Interest expense	7,272		8,204
Other income, net	5,478		4,683
Earnings before income taxes	$	70,251	$	60,977

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated

(In thousands)	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Identifiable assets
Commercial/Industrial	$	1,455,070	$	1,398,601
Defense	1,036,152		961,298
Power	762,935		720,073
Corporate and Other	74,645		175,413
Total consolidated	$	3,328,802	$	3,255,385