SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(In thousands)	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net sales
Commercial/Industrial	$	295,448		$	294,158		$	904,806		$	865,070
Defense	138,433			142,681			407,401			384,917
Power	162,176			132,102			456,383			412,667
Less: Intersegment revenues	(664		)	(1,040		)	(5,377		)	(3,509		)
Total consolidated	$	595,393		$	567,901		$	1,763,213		$	1,659,145
Operating income (expense)
Commercial/Industrial	$	44,786		$	46,702		$	135,747		$	120,874
Defense	33,615			33,575			91,984			65,800
Power	28,249			17,771			62,792			57,191
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(9,603		)	(5,634		)	(26,902		)	(24,027		)
Total consolidated	$	97,047		$	92,414		$	263,621		$	219,838

⁽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				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(In thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Total operating income	$	97,047	$	92,414	$	263,621	$	219,838
Interest expense	7,949		10,457		25,719		31,584
Other income, net	3,843		4,457		12,497		12,033
Earnings before income taxes	$	92,941	$	86,414	$	250,399	$	200,287

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated

(In thousands)	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Identifiable assets
Commercial/Industrial	$	1,402,217	$	1,444,097
Defense	1,005,091		1,044,776
Power	705,262		482,753
Corporate and Other	163,501		264,695
Total consolidated	$	3,276,071	$	3,236,321