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Reportable Business Segments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]  
Reportable Business Segments
Reportable Business Segments:

Description of Segments

We operate in three reportable business segments of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (“HVACR”) industry. Our segments are organized primarily by the nature of the products and services we provide. The following table describes each segment:
Segment
 
Products or Services
 
Markets Served
 
Geographic Areas
Residential Heating & Cooling
 
Furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, packaged heating and cooling systems, indoor air quality equipment, comfort control products, replacement parts and supplies
 
Residential Replacement;
Residential New Construction
 
United States
Canada
Commercial Heating & Cooling
 
Unitary heating and air conditioning equipment, applied systems, controls, installation and service of commercial heating and cooling equipment, variable refrigerant flow commercial products
 
Light Commercial
 
United States
Canada
Europe
Refrigeration
 
Condensing units, unit coolers, fluid coolers, air- cooled condensers, air handlers, process chillers, controls, compressorized racks, supermarket display cases and systems
 
Light Commercial;
Food Preservation;
Non-Food/Industrial
 
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia Pacific
South America


Segment Data

We use segment profit or loss as the primary measure of profitability to evaluate operating performance and to allocate capital resources. We define segment profit or loss as a segment’s income or loss from continuing operations before income taxes included in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, excluding certain items. The reconciliation below details the items excluded.

Our corporate costs include those costs related to corporate functions such as legal, internal audit, treasury, human resources, tax compliance and senior executive staff. Corporate costs also include the long-term share-based incentive awards provided to employees throughout LII. We recorded these share-based awards as Corporate costs because they are determined at the discretion of the Board of Directors and based on the historical practice of doing so for internal reporting purposes.

Any intercompany sales and associated profit (and any other intercompany items) are eliminated from segment results. There were no significant intercompany eliminations included in the results presented in the table below.

Net sales and segment profit (loss) by segment, along with a reconciliation of segment profit (loss) to Operating income, are shown below (in millions):
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Net Sales (1) 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Heating & Cooling
$
2,140.4

 
$
2,000.8

 
$
1,866.9

Commercial Heating & Cooling
973.8

 
917.9

 
887.2

Refrigeration
725.4

 
722.9

 
713.3

 
$
3,839.6

 
$
3,641.6

 
$
3,467.4

Segment Profit (Loss) (2) 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Heating & Cooling
$
373.9

 
$
348.8

 
$
278.4

Commercial Heating & Cooling
157.3

 
149.3

 
130.4

Refrigeration
72.6

 
68.9

 
52.9

Corporate and other
(89.2
)
 
(97.4
)
 
(84.1
)
Subtotal segment profit
514.6

 
469.6

 
377.6

Reconciliation to Operating income:
 
 
 
 
 
Special product quality adjustments
5.4

 
(0.4
)
 
(2.2
)
Items in (Gains) Losses and other expenses, net that are excluded from segment profit (loss) (2)
11.5

 
7.4

 
15.6

Restructuring charges
3.2

 
1.8

 
3.2

Pension settlement

 
31.4

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 
5.5

Asset impairment

 

 
44.5

One time inventory write down

 

 
5.6

Operating income
$
494.5

 
$
429.4

 
$
305.4

 
(1) On a consolidated basis, no revenue from transactions with a single customer were 10% or greater of our consolidated net sales for any of the periods presented.
(2) The Company defines segment profit (loss) as a segment's operating income included in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, excluding:
Special product quality adjustments;
The following items in (Gains) Losses and other expenses, net:
Net change in unrealized gains and/or losses on unsettled futures contracts,
Special legal contingency charges,
Asbestos-related litigation,
Environmental liabilities,
Contractor tax payments,
Acquisition/disposition costs, and
Other items, net;
Restructuring charges;
Pension settlement;
Goodwill and asset impairments; and
One time inventory write down.

Total assets by segment are shown below (in millions):
 
As of December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Total Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Heating & Cooling
$
771.3

 
$
673.4

 
$
628.3

Commercial Heating & Cooling
443.9

 
385.8

 
363.6

Refrigeration
506.9

 
442.8

 
444.9

Corporate and other
169.4

 
258.3

 
240.6

Total assets
$
1,891.5

 
$
1,760.3

 
$
1,677.4



The assets in the Corporate and other segment primarily consist of cash, short-term investments and deferred tax assets. Assets recorded in the operating segments represent those assets directly associated with those segments.

Total capital expenditures by segment are shown below (in millions):
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Capital Expenditures:
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Heating & Cooling
$
38.9

 
$
36.7

 
$
28.1

Commercial Heating & Cooling
18.5

 
11.5

 
8.6

Refrigeration
8.0

 
12.1

 
11.4

Corporate and other
32.9

 
24.0

 
21.8

Total capital expenditures (1)
$
98.3

 
$
84.3

 
$
69.9



(1) Includes amounts recorded under capital leases. There were no significant new capital leases in 2017, 2016 or 2015.

Depreciation and amortization expenses by segment are shown below (in millions):
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Depreciation and Amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Heating & Cooling
$
24.9

 
$
21.0

 
$
20.7

Commercial Heating & Cooling
10.1

 
9.8

 
9.7

Refrigeration
9.9

 
9.7

 
15.5

Corporate and other
19.7

 
17.6

 
16.9

Total depreciation and amortization
$
64.6

 
$
58.1

 
$
62.8



The equity method investments are shown below (in millions):
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Income from Equity Method Investments:
 
 
 
 
 
Refrigeration
$
3.9

 
$
4.0

 
$
2.8

Residential
11.7

 
11.5

 
8.0

Commercial
2.8

 
2.9

 
2.6

Total income from equity method investments
$
18.4

 
$
18.4

 
$
13.4





Geographic Information

Net sales for each major geographic area in which we operate are shown below (in millions):
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Net Sales to External Customers by Point of Shipment:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
3,128.7

 
$
2,966.8

 
$
2,793.4

Canada
237.8

 
218.8

 
217.7

International
473.1

 
456.0

 
456.3

Total net sales to external customers
$
3,839.6

 
$
3,641.6

 
$
3,467.4



Property, plant and equipment, net for each major geographic area in which we operate, based on the domicile of our operations, are shown below (in millions):
 
As of December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Property, Plant and Equipment, net:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
257.6

 
$
237.6

 
$
224.8

Mexico
79.8

 
69.4

 
60.0

Canada
1.7

 
1.4

 
1.2

International
58.7

 
53.0

 
53.6

Total Property, plant and equipment, net
$
397.8

 
$
361.4

 
$
339.6