BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

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				Six Months
(In thousands)	Ended March 31,				Ended March 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
NET SALES
Filtration	$	68,906		49,045		127,690		91,361
Test		38,367		40,601		72,194		83,374
USG		32,671		30,014		68,228		64,537
Technical Packaging		21,234		19,270		39,434		32,491
Consolidated totals	$	161,178		138,930		307,546		271,763
EBIT
Filtration	$	11,625		9,064		22,351		17,348
Test		3,766		2,505		6,191		4,843
USG		7,434		7,208		17,108		15,457
Technical Packaging		2,196		2,747		3,227		4,560
Corporate (loss)		(7,347)		(7,541)		(14,394)		(15,028)
Consolidated EBIT		17,674		13,983		34,483		27,180
Less: Interest expense		(855)		(368)		(1,539)		(597)
Earnings before income taxes	$	16,819		13,615		32,944		26,583