Note 15 - Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 03, 2022

Notes Tables

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

	2022			2021			2020
Net revenue
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	1,695,934		$	1,472,756		$	1,332,786
Engineering Adhesives		1,532,639			1,371,756			1,088,313
Construction Adhesives		520,610			433,519			369,170
Total	$	3,749,183		$	3,278,031		$	2,790,269
Segment operating income
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	165,786		$	138,366		$	130,789
Engineering Adhesives		168,873			135,913			103,974
Construction Adhesives		22,989			14,148			11,148
Total segment		357,648			288,427			245,911
Corporate Unallocated1		(34,930	)		(35,815	)		(27,594	)
Total	$	322,718		$	252,612		$	218,317
Depreciation and amortization
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	46,374		$	45,919		$	44,329
Engineering Adhesives		58,307			61,082			58,102
Construction Adhesives		41,713			35,002			35,811
Corporate Unallocated1		582			1,171			575
Total	$	146,976		$	143,174		$	138,817
Total assets2
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	1,488,277		$	1,370,924
Engineering Adhesives		1,610,015			1,710,000
Construction Adhesives		987,610			810,824
Corporate		377,727			382,782
Total	$	4,463,629		$	4,274,530
Capital expenditures
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	110,877		$	60,164
Engineering Adhesives		(2,302	)		8,815
Construction Adhesives		(5,772	)		3,591
Corporate		27,161			23,519
Total	$	129,964		$	96,089

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

	2022			2021			2020
Segment operating income	$	322,718		$	252,612		$	218,317
Other income, net		12,952			32,855			15,398
Interest expense		(91,521	)		(78,092	)		(86,776	)
Interest income		7,779			9,476			11,417
Income before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	251,928		$	216,851		$	158,356

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

	Net Revenue
	2022		2021		2020
United States	$	1,692,903	$	1,421,623	$	1,248,495
China		462,587		433,998		351,204
Germany		419,141		409,193		330,755
Countries with more than 10 percent of total		2,574,631		2,264,814		1,930,454
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		1,174,552		1,013,217		859,815
Total	$	3,749,183	$	3,278,031	$	2,790,269

	Property, Plant and Equipment, net
	2022		2021		2020
United States	$	375,353	$	331,864	$	297,046
Germany		107,903		120,548		131,879
China		101,563		96,300		99,513
All other countries with less than 10 percent of total		148,848		146,655		142,306
Total	$	733,667	$	695,367	$	670,744

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	December 3, 2022
	Hygiene, Health and		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Consumable Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	1,003,179	$	630,484	$	411,951	$	-	$	2,045,614
EIMEA		471,299		478,573		78,773		-		1,028,645
Asia Pacific		221,456		423,582		29,886		-		674,924
	$	1,695,934	$	1,532,639	$	520,610	$	-	$	3,749,183

	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