Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment information

Segment related information is shown below ($ in millions):

	Year Ended December 31, 2024
	Specialty Products & Technologies		Equipment & Consumables		Total
Sales	$	1,616.4	$	894.2	$	2,510.6
Less:
Expenses	1,526.5		741.9		2,268.4
Segment operating profit	$	89.9	$	152.3	$	242.2
Segment operating profit and reconciliation to loss before taxes:
Segment operating profit					$	242.2
Corporate and other					(1,280.4)
Nonoperating other expense, net					(0.1)
Interest expense, net					(46.4)
Loss before taxes					$	(1,084.7)
Depreciation and amortization
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	85.1
Equipment & Consumables					35.9
Corporate and other					2.1
Total					$	123.1
Capital expenditures, gross
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	20.4
Equipment & Consumables					10.5
Corporate and other					3.2
Total					$	34.1
Identifiable assets
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	2,354.2
Equipment & Consumables					1,884.2
Corporate and other					1,112.1
Total					$	5,350.5

	Year Ended December 31, 2023
	Specialty Products & Technologies		Equipment & Consumables		Total
Sales	$	1,642.4	$	924.1	$	2,566.5
Less:
Expenses	1,410.3		767.8		2,178.1
Segment operating profit	$	232.1	$	156.3	$	388.4
Segment operating profit and reconciliation to loss before taxes:
Segment operating profit					$	388.4
Corporate and other					(356.9)
Nonoperating other expense, net					(23.0)
Interest expense, net					(63.4)
Loss before taxes					$	(54.9)
Depreciation and amortization
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	86.1
Equipment & Consumables					47.2
Corporate and other					2.3
Total					$	135.6
Capital expenditures, gross
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	39.0
Equipment & Consumables					12.3
Corporate and other					1.9
Total					$	53.2
Identifiable assets
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	3,277.7
Equipment & Consumables					2,338.6
Corporate and other					988.8
Total					$	6,605.1

	Year Ended December 31, 2022
	Specialty Products & Technologies		Equipment & Consumables		Total
Sales	$	1,598.6	$	970.5	$	2,569.1
Less:
Expenses	1,330.0		798.1		2,128.1
Segment operating profit	$	268.6	$	172.4	$	441.0
Segment operating profit and reconciliation to loss before taxes:
Segment operating profit					$	441.0
Corporate and other					(121.8)
Nonoperating other income, net					3.1
Interest expense, net					(38.4)
Income before taxes					$	283.9
Depreciation and amortization
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	80.7
Equipment & Consumables					54.6
Corporate and other					2.5
Total					$	137.8
Capital expenditures, gross
Specialty Products & Technologies					$	48.8
Equipment & Consumables					20.6
Corporate and other					2.7
Total					$	72.1

Operations in Geographical Areas:

	Year Ended December 31,
($ in millions)	2024		2023		2022
Sales:
United States	$	1,202.9	$	1,209.4	$	1,261.9
China	193.5		205.7		222.2
All other (each country individually less than 5% of total sales)	1,114.2		1,151.4		1,085.0
Total	$	2,510.6	$	2,566.5	$	2,569.1
Property, plant and equipment, net:	December 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
United States	$	155.6	$	171.8
Sweden	32.4		39.6
Czech Republic	23.2		24.3
China	21.3		22.1
Mexico	15.8		17.5
All other (each country individually less than 5% of total long-lived assets)	28.7		34.3
Total	$	277.0	$	309.6