Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

For management reporting and performance evaluation purposes, the Company categorizes its operating companies into four distinct reportable segments. Segment financial information and a reconciliation of segment results to consolidated results follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
REVENUE
Industrial Products	$	459,421		$	386,223		$	1,347,965		$	1,129,034
Engineered Systems		669,871			620,362			1,876,171			1,681,756
Fluid Management		585,005			416,428			1,628,483			1,200,902
Electronic Technologies		492,250			381,386			1,278,210			1,017,982
Intra-segment eliminations		(3,159	)		(2,241	)		(8,542	)		(5,924	)
Total consolidated revenue	$	2,203,388		$	1,802,158		$	6,122,287		$	5,023,750
EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Segment earnings:
Industrial Products	$	64,481		$	54,728		$	187,105		$	166,143
Engineered Systems		102,564			91,442			263,993			230,940
Fluid Management		144,327			101,847			389,394			284,782
Electronic Technologies		60,163			69,617			196,855			174,104
Total segments		371,535			317,634			1,037,347			855,969
Corporate expense / other		34,086			34,553			105,564			100,321
Net interest expense		30,048			26,335			86,468			80,446
Earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations		307,401			256,746			845,315			675,202
Provision for taxes		78,824			37,437			195,319			162,789
Earnings from continuing operations - total consolidated	$	228,577		$	219,309		$	649,996		$	512,413

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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