Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule Of Information On The Company's Business Segments

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Fluid & Metering Technologies:
External customers	$	197,620		$	205,674		$	620,451		$	614,008
Intersegment sales		380			123			982			359
Total group sales		198,000			205,797			621,433			614,367
Health & Science Technologies:
External customers		174,351			172,648			516,314			441,635
Intersegment sales		1,874			263			4,260			984
Total group sales		176,225			172,911			520,574			442,619
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products:
External customers		107,888			98,559			326,655			302,125
Intersegment sales		311			176			1,518			689
Total group sales		108,199			98,735			328,173			302,814
Intersegment elimination		(2,565	)		(562	)		(6,760	)		(2,032	)
Total net sales	$	479,859		$	476,881		$	1,463,420		$	1,357,768
Operating income and income before income taxes:
Fluid & Metering Technologies	$	41,649		$	40,883		$	132,477		$	124,221
Health & Science Technologies		27,305			19,287			84,711			75,653
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products		24,738			19,263			74,524			67,270
Corporate office and other		(13,104	)		(8,128	)		(37,905	)		(38,489	)
Total operating income		80,588			71,305			253,807			228,655
Interest expense		10,536			7,763			31,734			20,937
Other income (expense)-net		132			(441	)		19			(1,001	)
Income before income taxes	$	70,184		$	63,101		$	222,092		$	206,717

Schedule Of Assets

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Fluid & Metering Technologies	$	1,045,783	$	1,072,023
Health & Science Technologies		1,295,881		1,178,653
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products		469,785		442,400
Corporate office and other(1)		145,986		143,031
Total assets	$	2,957,435	$	2,836,107

(1) Includes intersegment eliminations.