Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Segment information is summarized as follows:



	Quarter Ended					Nine Months Ended
	August 31, 2013		September 1, 2012			August 31, 2013		September 1, 2012
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	129,148	$	126,903		$	379,195	$	377,863
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	139,659		138,532			398,945		394,275
Packaging	20,319		21,298			54,840		56,714
	$	289,126	$	286,733		$	832,980	$	828,852

Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	28,611	$	28,478		$	81,156	$	81,403
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	11,315		15,741			39,404		44,193
Packaging	2,059		1,962			4,641		4,008
	41,985		46,181			125,201		129,604
Other income (expense), net	235		(206		)	7		404
Earnings before income taxes	$	42,220	$	45,975		$	125,208	$	130,008



	August 31, 2013		December 1, 2012
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	389,296	$	372,011
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	701,511		706,610
Packaging	41,818		36,350
Corporate	103,119		90,531
	$	1,235,744	$	1,205,502

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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