BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Net Sales And Earnings Before Income Tax

The table below is presented on the basis of continuing operations and excludes discontinued operations.

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
NET SALES
Filtration	$	58,397		53,626		113,875		99,977
Test		41,025		39,821		80,503		76,116
USG		25,340		24,592		54,834		52,464
Consolidated totals	$	124,762		118,039		249,212		228,557

EBIT
Filtration	$	10,100		10,894		19,584		19,695
Test		3,533		2,559		7,108		3,078
USG		5,518		4,149		13,165		9,603
Corporate (loss)		(5,283)		(6,429)		(11,557)		(12,600)
Consolidated EBIT		13,868		11,173		28,300		19,776
Less: Interest expense		(654)		(636)		(1,346)		(1,219)
Earnings before income taxes	$	13,214		10,537		26,954		18,557

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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