SEGMENT INFORMATION

6 Months Ended

May 28, 2011

SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in three principal product segments: Engine/Mobile Filtration, Industrial/Environmental Filtration and Packaging. Net sales represent sales to unaffiliated customers as reported in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings.  Intersegment sales were not material.  Unallocated amounts consist of interest expense, interest income and other non-operating income and expense items.  Assets are those assets used in each business segment.  Corporate assets consist of cash, deferred income taxes, corporate facility and equipment and various other assets that are not specific to an operating segment.  The Company operates as a consolidated entity, including cooperation between segments, cost allocating and sharing of certain assets.  As such, the Company makes no representation, that if operated on a standalone basis, these segments would report net sales, operating profit and other financial data reflected below.

	Quarter Ended						Six Months Ended
	May 28, 2011			May 29, 2010			May 28, 2011			May 29, 2010
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	131,276		$	113,434		$	242,604		$	209,862
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	133,499			117,566			245,618			219,593
Packaging	23,758			26,869			46,031			43,545
	$	288,533		$	257,869		$	534,253		$	473,000
Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	29,592		$	23,643		$	50,794		$	41,505
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	16,179			10,371			23,427			14,654
Packaging	3,009			2,198			5,850			2,949
	48,780			36,212			80,071			59,108
Other expense, net	(210		)	(224		)	(417		)	(718		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	48,570		$	35,988		$	79,654		$	58,390

	May 28, 2011		November 27, 2010
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	329,444	$	292,196
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	692,682		650,530
Packaging	42,199		40,450
Corporate	34,679		59,235
	$	1,099,004	$	1,042,411