BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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)	2019			2018			2019			2018
NET SALES
Filtration	$	79,478			65,775			145,702			125,810
Test		42,875			40,805			84,161			78,334
USG		48,890			46,699			104,745			102,453
Technical Packaging		22,706			21,499			41,938			41,676
Consolidated totals	$	193,949			174,778			376,546			348,273
EBIT
Filtration	$	17,443			11,118			28,053			20,764
Test		5,554			5,300			8,864			7,895
USG		8,767			5,626			30,313			16,277
Technical Packaging		1,602			1,885			1,708			2,850
Corporate (loss)		(10,086	)		(8,309	)		(20,511	)		(17,180	)
Consolidated EBIT		23,280			15,620			48,427			30,606
Less: Interest expense		(1,925	)		(2,036	)		(3,815	)		(4,221	)
Earnings before income taxes	$	21,355			13,584			44,612			26,385