SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

	(In thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net sales
Commercial/Industrial	$	273,562		$	240,490		$	814,282		$	700,343
Defense	183,498			176,052			539,782			535,773
Energy	104,018			97,372			325,105			302,398
Less: Intersegment revenues	(1,584		)	(1,505		)	(5,215		)	(5,098		)
Total consolidated	$	559,494		$	512,409		$	1,673,954		$	1,533,416
Operating income (expense)
Commercial/Industrial	$	40,096		$	31,145		$	106,615		$	75,524
Defense	26,974			25,521			73,553			71,808
Energy	17,491			15,102			51,294			45,628
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(10,421		)	(6,138		)	(24,400		)	(27,970		)
Total consolidated operating income	$	74,140		$	65,630		$	207,062		$	164,990
Reconciliation to Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes
Interest expense	$	(9,013	)	$	(9,701	)	$	(27,054	)	$	(27,701	)
Other income, net	$	(158	)	$	288		$	(64	)	$	852
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	64,969		$	56,217		$	179,944		$	138,141

⁽¹⁾ Corporate and eliminations includes pension expense, environmental remediation and administrative expenses, legal, foreign currency transactional gains and losses, and other expenses.

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated

	(In thousands)
	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Identifiable assets
Commercial/Industrial	$	1,351,756	$	1,310,521
Defense	1,180,390		1,292,462
Energy	795,642		798,028
Corporate and Other	126,035		57,263
Total consolidated	$	3,453,823	$	3,458,274