BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [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 March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
NET SALES
Filtration	$	65,775		68,906		125,810		127,690
Test		40,805		38,367		78,334		72,194
USG		46,699		32,671		102,453		68,228
Technical Packaging		21,499		21,234		41,676		39,434
Consolidated totals	$	174,778		161,178		348,273		307,546
EBIT
Filtration	$	11,118		11,625		20,764		22,351
Test		5,300		3,766		7,895		6,191
USG		5,626		7,434		16,277		17,108
Technical Packaging		1,885		2,196		2,850		3,227
Corporate (loss)		(8,309)		(7,347)		(17,180)		(14,394)
Consolidated EBIT		15,620		17,674		30,606		34,483
Less: Interest expense		(2,036)		(855)		(4,221)		(1,539)
Earnings before income taxes	$	13,584		16,819		26,385		32,944