Note 15 - Operating Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 02, 2017

Notes Tables

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

	2017			2016		2015
Net revenue
Americas Adhesives	$	888,552		$	806,062	$	830,811
EIMEA		548,439			545,135		549,568
Asia Pacific		264,191			241,827		230,671
Construction Products		238,513			256,346		272,692
Engineering Adhesives		289,314			245,235		199,919
Royal Adhesives		77,034			-		-
Total	$	2,306,043		$	2,094,605	$	2,083,660
Inter-segment sales
Americas Adhesives	$	15,943		$	16,064	$	20,891
EIMEA		19,153			19,165		16,189
Asia Pacific		6,498			4,716		10,873
Segment operating income
Americas Adhesives	$	98,978		$	125,979	$	127,780
EIMEA		29,870			40,121		15,116
Asia Pacific		15,350			15,410		12,953
Construction Products		(1,120	)		3,265		13,766
Engineering Adhesives		20,453			17,390		870
Royal Adhesives		(37,391	)		-		-
Total	$	126,140		$	202,165	$	170,485
Depreciation and amortization
Americas Adhesives	$	21,171		$	18,979	$	19,892
EIMEA		19,845			21,441		19,965
Asia Pacific		8,135			7,484		6,930
Construction Products		16,316			14,977		15,321
Engineering Adhesives		15,088			14,804		12,782
Royal Adhesives		6,760			-		-
Total	$	87,315		$	77,685	$	74,890
Total assets 1
Americas Adhesives	$	641,767		$	414,098
EIMEA		578,924			506,336
Asia Pacific		278,942			237,920
Construction Products		191,535			215,537
Engineering Adhesives		423,522			408,877
Royal Adhesives		1,935,128			-
Corporate		310,828			273,100
Total	$	4,360,646		$	2,055,868
Capital expenditures
Americas Adhesives	$	16,928		$	10,230
EIMEA		15,223			14,317
Asia Pacific		4,922			12,694
Construction Products		4,132			15,059
Engineering Adhesives		2,490			3,447
Royal Adhesives		3,033			-
Corporate		8,206			7,563
Total	$	54,934		$	63,310

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	2017			2016			2015
Segment operating income	$	126,140		$	202,165		$	170,485
Special charges, net		-			168			(4,654	)
Other income (expense), net		(23,740	)		(7,549	)		(2,465	)
Interest expense		(43,701	)		(27,359	)		(25,021	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	58,699		$	167,425		$	138,345

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

	Net Revenue
	2017		2016		2015
United States	$	969,346	$	869,919	$	891,436
China		302,009		257,779		226,335
Countries with more than 10 percent of total		1,271,355		1,127,698		1,117,771
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		1,034,688		966,907		965,889
Total	$	2,306,043	$	2,094,605	$	2,083,660

	Property, Plant and Equipment, net
	2017		2016
United States	$	212,078	$	202,944
Germany		149,269		99,229
China		83,808		83,548
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		225,039		129,554
Total	$	670,194	$	515,275