Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Business Segments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Information On The Company's Business Segments

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Fluid & Metering Technologies:
External customers	$	212,466		$	199,534
Intersegment sales		252			140
Total group sales		212,718			199,674
Health & Science Technologies:
External customers		173,221			128,913
Intersegment sales		565			321
Total group sales		173,786			129,234
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products:
External customers		103,730			98,642
Intersegment sales		320			245
Total group sales		104,050			98,887
Intersegment elimination		(1,137	)		(706	)
Total net sales	$	489,417		$	427,089
Operating income and income before income taxes:
Fluid & Metering Technologies	$	44,526		$	41,852
Health & Science Technologies		30,270			29,499
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products		23,688			21,142
Corporate office and other		(13,915	)		(14,772	)
Total operating income		84,569			77,721
Interest expense		10,662			6,454
Other income (expense)-net		117			(907	)
Income before income taxes	$	74,024		$	70,360

Schedule Of Assets

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Fluid & Metering Technologies	$	1,084,657	$	1,072,023
Health & Science Technologies		1,179,668		1,178,653
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products		465,240		442,400
Corporate office and other(1)		149,561		143,031
Total assets	$	2,879,126	$	2,836,107

(1) Includes intersegment eliminations.