Business Segment, Geographic and Customer Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Financial Information by Reportable Segment and Product Line

The following tables summarize financial information by reportable segment and product line (in thousands):

	Year Ended August 31,
	2018			2017			2016
Net Sales by Reportable Segment & Product Line:
Industrial Tools & Services Segment:
Product	$	439,405		$	396,381		$	400,780
Service & Rental	151,680			156,201			187,427
	591,085			552,582			588,207
Engineered Components & Systems Segment:
On-Highway	248,083			215,831			209,575
Agriculture, Off-Highway and Other	215,487			190,604			187,287
Rope & Cable Solutions	76,011			65,169			73,813
Concrete Tensioning	49,198			52,889			50,491
Off Shore Mooring	2,747			18,709			40,037
	591,526			543,202			561,203
	$	1,182,611		$	1,095,784		$	1,149,410
Operating Profit (Loss):
Industrial Tools & Services	$	99,432		$	95,825		$	119,922
Engineered Components&Systems (1)	(51,982		)	(113,030		)	(190,654		)
General Corporate	(29,252		)	(33,031		)	(29,485		)
	$	18,198		$	(50,236	)	$	(100,217	)

Depreciation and Amortization:
Industrial Tools & Services	$	15,301	$	15,025	$	15,173
Engineered Components & Systems	23,424		26,072		30,855
General Corporate	1,982		2,013		1,749
	$	40,707	$	43,110	$	47,777
Capital Expenditures:
Industrial Tools & Services	$	7,799	$	8,614	$	5,502
Engineered Components & Systems	11,653		16,884		12,397
General Corporate	1,418		2,697		2,310
	$	20,870	$	28,195	$	20,209

⁽¹⁾ Engineered Components & Systems segment operating loss includes impairment and divestiture charges of $73.1 million, $117.0 million and $186.6 million in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

	August 31,
	2018		2017
Assets:
Industrial Tools & Services	$	589,932	$	599,321
Engineered Components & Systems	657,370		713,083
General Corporate	234,036		204,551
	$	1,481,338	$	1,516,955

Financial Information From Continuing Operations By Geographic Region

The following tables summarize net sales and long-lived assets (fixed assets and other long-term assets, excluding deferred tax assets and debt issuance cots) by geographic region (in thousands):

	Year Ended August 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Net Sales:
United States	$	509,952	$	480,801	$	477,670
Netherlands	166,542		130,724		143,517
United Kingdom	87,182		84,106		115,183
China	64,031		68,373		47,312
Sweden	50,517		37,813		35,424
United Arab Emirates	43,707		39,974		55,906
France	40,351		39,563		42,780
Australia	28,510		38,924		62,779
All other	191,819		175,506		168,839
	$	1,182,611	$	1,095,784	$	1,149,410

	August 31,
	2018		2017
Long-lived Assets:
United States	$	42,563	$	36,254
China	14,909		16,332
Netherlands	12,200		9,134
United Arab Emirates	7,876		8,451
United Kingdom	4,076		5,467
All other	20,111		22,696
	$	101,735	$	98,334