Note 14 - Operating Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 03, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	2016		2015		2014
Net revenue
Americas Adhesives	$	806,062	$	830,811	$	877,633
EIMEA		545,135		549,568		652,032
Asia Pacific		241,827		230,671		234,185
Construction Products		256,346		272,692		237,234
Engineering Adhesives		245,235		199,919		103,370
Total	$	2,094,605	$	2,083,660	$	2,104,454
Inter-segment sales
Americas Adhesives	$	16,064	$	20,891	$	23,569
EIMEA		19,165		16,189		19,089
Asia Pacific		4,716		10,873		14,402
Segment operating income
Americas Adhesives	$	125,979	$	127,780	$	105,787
EIMEA		40,121		15,116		33,200
Asia Pacific		15,410		12,953		8,348
Construction Products		3,265		13,766		2,801
Engineering Adhesives		17,390		870		(295	)
Total	$	202,165	$	170,485	$	149,841
Depreciation and amortization
Americas Adhesives	$	18,979	$	19,892	$	19,892
EIMEA		21,441		19,965		20,546
Asia Pacific		7,484		6,930		6,373
Construction Products		14,977		15,321		14,192
Engineering Adhesives		14,804		12,782		4,521
Total	$	77,685	$	74,890	$	65,524
Total assets 1
Americas Adhesives	$	414,098	$	436,526
EIMEA		506,336		628,780
Asia Pacific		237,920		213,026
Construction Products		215,537		218,898
Engineering Adhesives		408,877		387,206
Corporate		275,486		157,816
Total	$	2,058,254	$	2,042,252
Capital expenditures
Americas Adhesives	$	10,230	$	9,366
EIMEA		14,317		16,864
Asia Pacific		12,694		10,927
Construction Products		15,059		13,925
Engineering Adhesives		3,447		2,820
Corporate		7,563		4,722
Total	$	63,310	$	58,624

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	2016			2015			2014
Segment operating income	$	202,165		$	170,485		$	149,841
Special charges, net		168			(4,654	)		(51,501	)
Other income (expense), net		(7,549	)		(2,465	)		716
Interest expense		(27,359	)		(25,021	)		(19,744	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	167,425		$	138,345		$	79,312

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

	Net Revenue
	2016		2015		2014
United States	$	869,919	$	891,436	$	878,058
China		257,779		226,335
Countries with more than 10 percent of total		1,127,698		1,117,771
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		966,907		965,889		1,226,396
Total	$	2,094,605	$	2,083,660	$	2,104,454

	Property, Plant and Equipment, net
	2016		2015		2014
United States	$	202,944	$	193,819	$	205,412
Germany		99,229		101,013		116,301
China		83,548		94,763		40,748
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		129,554		123,265		140,173
Total	$	515,275	$	512,860	$	502,634