SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2018			2017
Net sales
Commercial/Industrial	$	296,753		$	279,056
Defense	120,883			114,837
Power	132,158			130,595
Less: Intersegment revenues	(2,272		)	(897		)
Total consolidated	$	547,522		$	523,591
Operating income (expense)
Commercial/Industrial	$	39,225		$	30,552
Defense	19,728			11,097
Power	15,342			15,545
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(9,797		)	(9,502		)
Total consolidated	$	64,498		$	47,692

⁽¹⁾ Corporate and eliminations includes pension and other postretirement benefit expense, certain environmental costs related to remediation at legacy sites, foreign currency transactional gains and losses, and certain other expenses.

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Total operating income	$	64,498	$	47,692
Interest expense	8,204		10,377
Other income, net	4,683		3,847
Earnings before income taxes	$	60,977	$	41,162

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated

(In thousands)	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Identifiable assets
Commercial/Industrial	$	1,476,555	$	1,444,097
Defense	1,055,115		1,044,776
Power	487,278		482,753
Corporate and Other	160,111		264,695
Total consolidated	$	3,179,059	$	3,236,321