Note 15 - Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 27, 2021

Notes Tables

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

	2021			2020			2019
Net revenue
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	1,472,756		$	1,332,786		$	1,328,286
Engineering Adhesives		1,371,756			1,088,313			1,158,403
Construction Adhesives		433,519			369,170			396,580
Corporate Unallocated1		-			-			13,731
Total	$	3,278,031		$	2,790,269		$	2,897,000
Segment operating income
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	138,366		$	130,789		$	115,961
Engineering Adhesives		135,913			103,974			136,299
Construction Adhesives		14,148			11,148			16,657
Total segment		288,427			245,911			268,917
Corporate Unallocated1		(35,815	)		(27,594	)		(42,923	)
Total	$	252,612		$	218,317		$	225,994
Depreciation and amortization
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	45,919		$	44,329		$	45,448
Engineering Adhesives		61,082			58,102			57,175
Construction Adhesives		35,002			35,811			35,851
Corporate Unallocated1		1,171			575			2,732
Total	$	143,174		$	138,817		$	141,206
Total assets2
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	1,370,924		$	1,268,236
Engineering Adhesives		1,710,000			1,515,302
Construction Adhesives		810,824			934,397
Corporate		382,782			318,769
Total	$	4,274,530		$	4,036,704
Capital expenditures
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	60,164		$	57,416
Engineering Adhesives		8,815			18,212
Construction Adhesives		3,591			7,635
Corporate		23,519			12,580
Total	$	96,089		$	95,843

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

	2021			2020			2019
Segment operating income	$	252,612		$	218,317		$	225,994
Other income, net		32,855			15,398			37,943
Interest expense		(78,092	)		(86,776	)		(103,287	)
Interest income		9,476			11,417			12,178
Income before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	216,851		$	158,356		$	172,828

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

	Net Revenue
	2021		2020		2019
United States	$	1,421,623	$	1,248,495	$	1,309,056
China		433,998		351,204		347,304
Germany		409,193		330,755		-
Countries with more than 10 percent of total		2,264,814		1,930,454		1,656,360
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		1,013,217		859,815		1,240,640
Total	$	3,278,031	$	2,790,269	$	2,897,000

	Property, Plant and Equipment, net
	2021		2020		2019
United States	$	331,864	$	297,046	$	287,372
Germany		120,548		131,879		127,497
China		96,300		99,513		80,606
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		146,655		142,306		134,338
Total	$	695,367	$	670,744	$	629,813

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	November 27, 2021
	Hygiene, Health and		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Consumable Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	826,172	$	504,626	$	384,576	$	-	$	1,715,374
EIMEA		425,324		470,466		22,156		-		917,946
Asia Pacific		221,260		396,664		26,787		-		644,711
	$	1,472,756	$	1,371,756	$	433,519	$	-	$	3,278,031

	November 28, 2020
	Hygiene, Health and		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Consumable Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	736,681	$	430,866	$	325,622	$	-	$	1,493,169
EIMEA		388,271		347,417		20,506		-		756,194
Asia Pacific		207,834		310,030		23,042		-		540,906
	$	1,332,786	$	1,088,313	$	369,170	$	-	$	2,790,269

	November 30, 2019
	Hygiene, Health and		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Consumable Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	733,125	$	469,764	$	351,924	$	13,731	$	1,568,544
EIMEA		392,497		380,673		20,767		-		793,937
Asia Pacific		202,664		307,966		23,889		-		534,519
	$	1,328,286	$	1,158,403	$	396,580	$	13,731	$	2,897,000