BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Net Sales And Earnings Before Income Tax

Management evaluates and measures the performance of its reportable segments based on “Net Sales” and “EBIT”, which are detailed in the table below. EBIT is defined as earnings before interest and taxes.

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
(In thousands)	March 31,				March 31,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
NET SALES
Filtration	$	49,045		48,773		91,361		89,657
Technical Packaging		19,270		9,655		32,491		16,282
Test		40,601		42,084		83,374		81,505
USG		30,014		28,429		64,537		62,044
Consolidated totals	$	138,930		128,941		271,763		249,488
EBIT
Filtration	$	9,064		10,987		17,348		18,337
Technical Packaging		2,747		1,064		4,560		790
Test		2,505		2,465		4,843		5,059
USG		7,208		4,855		15,457		14,832
Corporate (loss)		(7,541)		(6,369)		(15,028)		(12,246)
Consolidated EBIT		13,983		13,002		27,180		26,772
Less: Interest expense		(368)		(213)		(597)		(408)
Earnings before income taxes	$	13,615		12,789		26,583		26,364