Note 16 - Operating Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2020

Notes Tables

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

	Three Months Ended
	February 29, 2020					March 2, 2019
			Segment					Segment
	Trade		Operating			Trade		Operating
	Revenue		Income (Loss)			Revenue		Income (Loss)
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	312,512	$	22,664		$	319,854	$	20,890
Engineering Adhesives		248,895		15,365			264,372		21,986
Construction Adhesives		85,157		(1,373	)		82,790		(1,656	)
Total segment		646,564		36,656			667,016		41,220
Corporate Unallocated		-		(7,903	)		5,919		(7,008	)
Total	$	646,564	$	28,753		$	672,935	$	34,212

Total assets	November 30, 2019
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	1,253,864
Engineering Adhesives		1,610,748
Construction Adhesives		799,995
Corporate		321,127
Total	$	3,985,734

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

	Three Months Ended
	February 29,			March 2,
	2020			2019
Operating income	$	28,753		$	34,212
Other income, net		4,969			3,365
Interest expense		(22,757	)		(26,807	)
Interest income		2,918			3,053
Income before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	13,883		$	13,823

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended February 29, 2020
	Hygiene, Health
	and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	173,275	$	105,373	$	74,258	$	-	$	352,906
EIMEA		92,382		83,676		6,126		-		182,184
Asia Pacific		46,855		59,846		4,773		-		111,474
	$	312,512	$	248,895	$	85,157	$	-	$	646,564

	Three Months Ended March 2, 2019
	Hygiene, Health
	and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	174,865	$	105,621	$	72,346	$	5,919	$	358,751
EIMEA		95,428		93,800		4,881		-		194,109
Asia Pacific		49,561		64,951		5,563		-		120,075
	$	319,854	$	264,372	$	82,790	$	5,919	$	672,935