Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 29, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment information

Segment information is summarized as follows:

	Quarter Ended						Nine Months Ended
	August 29, 2015			August 30, 2014			August 29, 2015		August 30, 2014
Net sales:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	151,734		$	165,910		$	457,482	$	436,805
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	200,496			213,752			610,088		608,207
Packaging	5,327			20,490			40,909		54,467
	$	357,557		$	400,152		$	1,108,479	$	1,099,479
Operating profit:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	27,728		$	36,741		$	83,038	$	86,587
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	22,765			23,873			63,377		55,024
Packaging	(71		)	1,612			2,143		3,028
	50,422			62,226			148,558		144,639
Other income (expense), net	4,419			(1,514		)	1,485		1,764
Earnings before income taxes	$	54,841		$	60,712		$	150,043	$	146,403

	August 29, 2015		November 29, 2014
Identifiable assets:
Engine/Mobile Filtration	$	783,462	$	781,204
Industrial/Environmental Filtration	1,024,977		1,022,996
Packaging	—		41,817
Corporate	68,961		42,752
	$	1,877,400	$	1,888,769