Operating Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 29, 2014

Operating Segments Abstract

Segment Reporting

			2014		2013		2012
Net revenue
	Americas Adhesives	$	920,679	$	902,573	$	838,615
	EIMEA		719,787		733,211		672,423
	Asia Pacific		275,809		252,608		228,121
	Construction Products		188,179		158,576		147,080
	Total	$	2,104,454	$	2,046,968	$	1,886,239
Inter-segment sales
	Americas Adhesives	$	23,569	$	22,120	$	26,096
	EIMEA		19,089		13,918		9,228
	Asia Pacific		14,402		13,034		14,818
	Construction Products		1,474		800		462
Segment operating income
	Americas Adhesives	$	103,339	$	123,265	$	112,368
	EIMEA		30,521		51,526		34,483
	Asia Pacific		9,317		9,771		7,356
	Construction Products		6,664		10,940		8,334
	Total	$	149,841	$	195,502	$	162,541
Depreciation and amortization
	Americas Adhesives	$	22,180	$	20,832	$	18,852
	EIMEA		24,363		20,420		18,399
	Asia Pacific		7,230		6,522		6,238
	Construction Products		11,751		11,021		11,001
	Total	$	65,524	$	58,795	$	54,490
Total assets1
	Americas Adhesives	$	474,691	$	471,520	$	465,253
	EIMEA		787,194		759,757		674,665
	Asia Pacific		238,627		218,471		197,999
	Construction Products		198,276		175,489		179,508
	Corporate		168,353		245,926		267,030
	Discontinued Operations		1,865		1,865		1,865
	Total	$	1,869,006	$	1,873,028	$	1,786,320
Capital expenditures
	Americas Adhesives	$	18,045	$	26,225	$	15,036
	EIMEA		71,926		63,512		13,402
	Asia Pacific		22,377		10,150		3,511
	Construction Products		2,073		1,737		1,762
	Corporate		25,373		22,664		2,202
	Total	$	139,794	$	124,288	$	35,913
1Segment assets include primarily inventory, accounts receivable, property, plant and equipment and other miscellaneous assets. Corporate assets include primarily corporate property, plant and equipment, deferred tax assets, certain investments and other assets.
Reconciliation of segment operating income to income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from equity method investments
			2014		2013		2012
Segment operating income		$	149,841	$	195,502	$	162,541
Special charges, net			(51,501)		(45,087)		(52,467)
Asset impairment charges			-		-		(1,517)
Other income (expense), net			716		(3,751)		784
Interest expense			(19,744)		(19,120)		(19,793)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from equity method investments		$	79,312	$	127,544	$	89,548
Financial information about geographic areas
		Net Revenue
			2014		2013		2012
	United States	$	878,058	$	855,053	$	802,362
	All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		1,226,396		1,191,915		1,083,877
	Total	$	2,104,454	$	2,046,968	$	1,886,239
		Property, Plant and Equipment, net
			2014		2013		2012
	United States	$	205,412	$	185,260	$	158,973
	Germany		116,301		86,335		42,434
	All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		180,921		162,792		127,609
	Total	$	502,634	$	434,387	$	329,016