Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Consolidated Net Sales by Segment

The tables below present net sales and operating income by segment for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and also a reconciliation of total segment net sales and operating income to total consolidated net sales and operating income.

Consolidated net sales by segment:

	Quarter Ended   September 30,						Nine Months Ended   September 30,
In thousands	2016			2015			2016			2015
Performance Materials Segment:
Filtration	$	18,045		$	16,597		$	53,861		$	48,140
Thermal Insulation	7,081			6,921			20,570			21,445
Life Sciences Filtration	3,705			2,924			10,749			7,947
Performance Materials Segment net sales	28,831			26,442			85,180			77,532
Technical Nonwovens Segment (1):
Industrial Filtration	25,414			27,182			67,805			85,519
Advanced Materials (2)	26,870			6,973			43,526			18,738
Technical Nonwovens net sales	52,284			34,155			111,331			104,257
Thermal/Acoustical Metals Segment:
Metal parts	39,807			35,354			117,578			106,735
Tooling	4,830			4,587			14,301			12,753
Thermal/Acoustical Metals Segment net sales	44,637			39,941			131,879			119,488
Thermal/Acoustical Fibers Segment:
Fiber parts	35,073			35,042			107,629			100,740
Tooling	1,356			639			4,829			1,528
Thermal/Acoustical Fibers Segment net sales	36,429			35,681			112,458			102,268
Other Products and Services:
Life Sciences Vital Fluids (3)	—			—			—			1,671
Other Products and Services net sales	—			—			—			1,671
Eliminations and Other (2)	(6,456		)	(4,979		)	(18,188		)	(12,109		)
Consolidated Net Sales	$	155,725		$	131,240		$	422,660		$	393,107

Operating Income by Segment

Operating income by segment:

	Quarter Ended   September 30,						Nine Months Ended   September 30,
In thousands	2016			2015			2016			2015
Performance Materials	$	3,283		$	2,500		$	10,102		$	6,071
Technical Nonwovens (1)	5,662			3,352			12,807			11,058
Thermal/Acoustical Metals	5,451			3,889			13,090			12,323
Thermal/Acoustical Fibers	10,026			10,082			30,980			27,719
Other Products and Services (3)	—			—			—			118
Corporate Office Expenses	(6,125		)	(4,982		)	(19,481		)	(15,341		)
Consolidated Operating Income	$	18,297		$	14,841		$	47,498		$	41,948

Total Assets by Segment

Total assets by segment:

	September 30,		December 31,
In thousands	2016		2015
Performance Materials	$	69,887	$	66,706
Technical Nonwovens	211,253		89,566
Thermal/Acoustical Metals	124,377		111,195
Thermal/Acoustical Fibers	47,407		38,881
Corporate Office Expenses	35,175		51,912
Total Assets	$	488,099	$	358,260

(1) The Technical Nonwovens segment reports results of Texel for the period following the date of acquisition of July 7, 2016 through September 30, 2016.

(2) Included in the Technical Nonwovens segment and Eliminations and Other is $4.5 million and $4.1 million in intercompany sales to the T/A Fibers segment for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $13.6 million and $9.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

(3) Other Products and Services reports results for the period preceding the date of disposition of January 30, 2015.