Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Business Segments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Information On The Company's Business Segments

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Net sales
Fluid & Metering Technologies:
External customers	$	201,821		$	169,574		$	602,109		$	505,128
Intersegment sales		123			196			359			553
Total group sales		201,944			169,770			602,468			505,681
Health & Science Technologies:
External customers		176,501			110,856			453,534			307,493
Intersegment sales		263			574			984			3,459
Total group sales		176,764			111,430			454,518			310,952
Dispensing Equipment:
External customers		25,092			26,352			93,079			100,992
Intersegment sales		51			128			368			177
Total group sales		25,143			26,480			93,447			101,169
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products:
External customers		73,467			66,949			209,046			194,242
Intersegment sales		125			44			321			143
Total group sales		73,592			66,993			209,367			194,385
Intersegment elimination		(562	)		(942	)		(2,032	)		(4,332	)
Total net sales	$	476,881		$	373,731		$	1,357,768		$	1,107,855
Operating income
Fluid & Metering Technologies	$	39,519		$	29,941		$	120,044		$	90,391
Health & Science Technologies		20,651			23,274			79,830			64,186
Dispensing Equipment		946			2,711			16,962			19,062
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products		18,317			17,045			50,308			44,032
Corporate office and other		(8,128	)		(10,532	)		(38,489	)		(34,559	)
Total operating income		71,305			62,439			228,655			183,112
Interest expense		7,763			4,162			20,937			11,195
Other expense-net		(441	)		(1,101	)		(1,001	)		(608	)
Income before taxes	$	63,101		$	57,176		$	206,717		$	171,309

Schedule Of Assets

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Fluid & Metering Technologies	$	1,069,132	$	1,040,601
Health & Science Technologies		1,216,982		718,884
Dispensing Equipment		244,220		205,540
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products		292,919		278,567
Corporate office and other(1)		70,475		138,103
Total assets	$	2,893,728	$	2,381,695

(1) Includes intersegment eliminations.