BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2018			2017			2018			2017
NET SALES
Filtration	$	69,721			71,179			195,531			198,869
Test		45,034			37,544			123,368			109,738
USG		55,489			42,059			157,942			110,287
Technical Packaging		21,979			20,407			63,655			59,841
Consolidated totals	$	192,223			171,189			540,496			478,735
EBIT
Filtration	$	14,292			11,945			35,056			34,296
Test		5,902			4,885			13,797			11,076
USG		11,528			8,477			27,805			25,585
Technical Packaging		2,505			2,433			5,355			5,660
Corporate (loss)		(8,668	)		(9,105	)		(25,848	)		(23,499	)
Consolidated EBIT		25,559			18,635			56,165			53,118
Less: Interest expense		(2,243	)		(1,213	)		(6,464	)		(2,752	)
Earnings before income taxes	$	23,316			17,422			49,701			50,366