SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(In thousands)	June 30,						June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net sales
Commercial/Industrial	$	312,605		$	291,856		$	609,358		$	570,912
Defense	148,085			127,399			268,968			242,236
Power	162,049			149,970			294,207			280,565
Less: Intersegment revenues	(2,441		)	(1,572		)	(4,713		)	(2,469		)
Total consolidated	$	620,298		$	567,653		$	1,167,820		$	1,091,244
Operating income (expense)
Commercial/Industrial	$	51,736		$	43,620		$	90,961		$	74,172
Defense	38,641			21,128			58,369			32,225
Power	19,201			23,875			34,543			39,420
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(7,502		)	(8,891		)	(17,299		)	(18,393		)
Total consolidated	$	102,076		$	79,732		$	166,574		$	127,424

⁽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				Six Months Ended
(In thousands)	June 30,				June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Total operating income	$	102,076	$	79,732	$	166,574	$	127,424
Interest expense	9,566		10,750		17,770		21,127
Other income, net	3,971		3,729		8,654		7,576
Earnings before income taxes	$	96,481	$	72,711	$	157,458	$	113,873

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated

(In thousands)	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Identifiable assets
Commercial/Industrial	$	1,425,220	$	1,444,097
Defense	988,651		1,044,776
Power	709,066		482,753
Corporate and Other	107,251		264,695
Total consolidated	$	3,230,188	$	3,236,321