Segment Reporting

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

Note F — Segment Reporting

In the fourth quarter 2010, the names of the Company’s four reportable segments were changed. Advanced Material Technologies and Services has become Advanced Material Technologies, Specialty Engineered Alloys was revised to Performance Alloys, Beryllium and Beryllium Composites was shortened to Beryllium and Composites and Engineered Material Systems was changed to Technical Materials. These changes only affected the segment names as the segments’ make up, reporting structures and how they are evaluated remained unchanged from previous periods.

	Advanced
	Material		Performance		Beryllium and		Technical				All
(Thousands)	Technologies		Alloys		Composites		Materials		Subtotal		Other			Total
Second Quarter 2011
Sales to external customers	$	287,299	$	96,636	$	17,729	$	22,954	$	424,618	$	92		$	424,710
Intersegment sales		843		993		32		387		2,255		—			2,255
Operating profit (loss)		10,664		9,453		1,106		2,366		23,589		(2,744	)		20,845
Second Quarter 2010
Sales to external customers	$	213,897	$	77,852	$	15,738	$	18,413	$	325,900	$	46		$	325,946
Intersegment sales		467		2,935		144		919		4,465		—			4,465
Operating profit (loss)		9,246		8,510		2,074		2,033		21,863		(1,365	)		20,498
First Half 2011
Sales to external customers	$	543,925	$	181,085	$	31,687	$	42,615	$	799,312	$	203		$	799,515
Intersegment sales		1,524		1,903		222		705		4,354		—			4,354
Operating profit (loss)		21,373		18,218		1,192		4,523		45,306		(6,384	)		38,922
Assets		331,673		248,582		123,800		27,554		731,609		35,105			766,714
First Half 2010
Sales to external customers	$	416,907	$	141,240	$	28,833	$	33,875	$	620,855	$	173		$	621,028
Intersegment sales		861		6,684		177		1,311		9,033		—			9,033
Operating profit (loss)		17,711		11,838		4,231		3,074		36,854		(3,151	)		33,703
Assets		330,712		219,739		99,135		25,569		675,155		40,313			715,468