Segments

Aircraft Controls. We design, manufacture and integrate primary and secondary flight controls for military and commercial aircraft and provide aftermarket support. Our systems are used on both development and production programs in large commercial transports, supersonic fighters, multi-role military aircraft, business jets and rotorcraft. We also supply ground-based navigation aids.

We are currently working on the KC-46 military air refueling tanker on the military side, and the Airbus A350XWB, COMAC C919, the Bell 525 Helicopter and the Embraer E-Jet E2 family on the commercial side. Typically development programs require concentrated periods of research and development by our engineering teams, while production programs are generally long-term manufacturing efforts that extend for as long as the aircraft builder receives new orders.

In the past few years, a number of significant programs have begun to transition from the development phase to initial low-rate production, including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on the military side, and the Boeing 787, Gulfstream G650 and G280 on the commercial side. In terms of mature production programs, our large military programs include the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor and the Black Hawk UH-60/Seahawk SH-60 helicopter, while our large commercial production programs include the full line of Boeing 7-series aircraft, Airbus A330 and A380 and a variety of business jets.

Aftermarket sales, which represented 32%, 32% and 34% of 2014, 2013 and 2012 sales, respectively, for this segment consist of the maintenance, repair, overhaul and parts supply for both military and commercial aircraft. Further, we sell spare parts and line replaceable units to both military and commercial customers that they store throughout the world in order to minimize down time.

Space and Defense Controls. We provide controls for satellites, space vehicles, launch vehicles, armored combat vehicles, tactical and strategic missiles, security and surveillance and other defense applications.

Within our space market, we design, manufacture and integrate commercial and military satellite positioning controls. These propulsion and actuation systems and the components control attitude, orbit insertion, solar panels and antennas. We also design, manufacture and integrate steering and propulsion controls for space launch vehicles, such as the Atlas, Delta, Antares and Ariane platforms. Additionally, we design and manufacture spaceflight electronics and software. We are also developing new control products and systems for a variety of programs related to manned spaceflight including: NASA's new Space Launch System, Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Soft Capture System.

Within our defense market, we design controls for gun aiming, stabilization and automatic ammunition loading for armored combat vehicles for a variety of domestic and international customers. We also design controls for steering tactical and strategic missiles including: Lockheed Martin's Hellfire^®, the U.S. National Missile Defense Agency's Ballistic Missile Defense initiatives and Raytheon's TOW and Trident missiles. We also design, build and integrate weapons stores management systems for light attack aerial reconnaissance, ground and sea platforms, as well as build high power, quiet controls for naval surface ship and submarine applications such as the US Virginia Class. Our sensor and surveillance systems products are used in both military and commercial applications such as electrical grid and other critical infrastructure protection applications.

Industrial Systems. Our Industrial Systems segment serves a global customer base across a variety of markets.

In the industrial automation market, we design manufacture and integrate systems for industrial automation customers for applications in injection and blow molding machinery, metal forming presses and heavy industry customers in steel and aluminum production. Our systems allow for precise controls of critical parameters in the industrial process, using both hydraulic and electric technology. Other industrial automation markets we serve include material handling and paper and lumber mills.

In the energy market, we supply solutions for power generation applications which allow for precise control and greater safety of fuel metering and guide vane positioning on steam and gas turbines. We also design and manufacture high reliability systems and components for applications in oil and gas exploration and production, including downhole drilling, topside and subsea environments, as well as electric pitch controls and blade monitoring systems for wind turbines.

In the simulation and test market, we supply electromechanical motion simulation bases for the flight simulation and training markets, as well as medical training simulators. For the test markets, we supply custom test systems and controls for automotive, structural and fatigue testing.

Components. Our Components segment serves many of the same markets as our other segments. Our Components segment’s three largest product categories are slip rings, fiber optic rotary joints and motors.

Slip rings and fiber optic rotary joints use sliding contacts and optical technology to allow unimpeded rotation while delivering power and data through a rotating interface. They come in a range of sizes that allow them to be used in many applications, including diagnostic imaging CT scan medical equipment, blade de-icing and data transfer for rotorcraft, remotely operated vehicles and floating platforms for offshore oil exploration, surveillance cameras, forward-looking infrared camera installations and radar pedestals, satellites, missiles and wind turbines.

Our motors are used in an equally broad range of markets, many of which are the same as for slip rings. We design and manufacture a series of fractional horsepower brushless motors that provide extremely low acoustic noise and reliable long life operation, with the largest market being sleep apnea equipment. Industrial customers use our motors for material handling and electric pumps. Military programs use our motors for gimbals, missiles and radar pedestals.

Our Components’ segment's other product lines include electromechanical actuators for military, aerospace and commercial applications, fiber optic modems that provide electrical-to-optical conversion of communication and data signals, avionic instrumentation, subsea navigation and control systems, acoustic sensors and sonars for energy and marine applications including remotely-operated underwater vehicles, and optical switches and resolvers.

Medical Devices. Our Medical Devices segment operates within four areas: infusion therapy, enteral clinical nutrition, sensors and surgical hand pieces.

We manufacture and distribute a complete line of portable pumps, stationary pumps and disposable sets that are used in the delivery of enteral nutrition for patients in their own homes, hospitals and long-term care facilities.

For infusion therapy, our primary products are electronic ambulatory infusion pumps along with the associated administration sets. Applications of these products include hydration, nutrition, patient-controlled analgesia, local anesthesia, chemotherapy and antibiotics.

We manufacture and distribute ultrasonic and optical sensors used to detect air bubbles in infusion pump lines and ensure accurate fluid delivery. Our surgical hand pieces are used to safely fragment and aspirate tissue in common medical procedures such as cataract removal.

Segment information and reconciliations to consolidated amounts are as follows:



	2014			2013			2012
Net sales:
Aircraft Controls	$	1,117,656		$	1,059,587		$	963,421
Space and Defense Controls	394,505			395,945			358,755
Industrial Systems	590,971			592,112			633,713
Components	425,129			415,428			374,081
Medical Devices	120,124			147,239			139,566
Net sales	$	2,648,385		$	2,610,311		$	2,469,536
Operating profit (loss) and margins:
Aircraft Controls	$	115,726		$	126,751		$	104,582
	10.4		%	12.0		%	10.9		%
Space and Defense Controls	26,119			25,350			42,854
	6.6		%	6.4		%	11.9		%
Industrial Systems	58,108			42,254			63,243
	9.8		%	7.1		%	10.0		%
Components	65,150			68,731			57,303
	15.3		%	16.5		%	15.3		%
Medical Devices	10,614			(35,542		)	5,443
	8.8		%	(24.1		%)	3.9		%
Total operating profit	275,717			227,544			273,425
	10.4		%	8.7		%	11.1		%
Deductions from operating profit:
Interest expense	12,513			26,962			34,312
Equity-based compensation expense	7,189			6,620			6,226
Corporate and other expenses, net	37,092			28,956			24,046
Earnings before income taxes	$	218,923		$	165,006		$	208,841
Depreciation and amortization:
Aircraft Controls	$	49,021		$	45,547		$	42,774
Space and Defense Controls	15,735			15,470			11,996
Industrial Systems	23,170			22,703			23,408
Components	12,540			11,735			9,123
Medical Devices	6,927			10,269			11,101
Corporate	1,866			2,349			2,414
Total depreciation and amortization	$	109,259		$	108,073		$	100,816
Identifiable assets:
Aircraft Controls	$	1,257,099		$	1,268,753		$	1,194,742
Space and Defense Controls	480,806			514,260			423,838
Industrial Systems	648,580			675,115			691,636
Components	492,038			486,421			457,254
Medical Devices	165,289			189,669			234,431
Corporate	164,640			102,877			104,006
Total assets	$	3,208,452		$	3,237,095		$	3,105,907



	2014		2013		2012
Capital expenditures:
Aircraft Controls	$	45,243	$	49,859	$	67,507
Space and Defense Controls	8,992		14,401		10,270
Industrial Systems	12,459		14,230		16,525
Components	9,018		8,166		7,071
Medical Devices	2,798		3,659		2,398
Corporate	261		2,859		3,259
Total capital expenditures	$	78,771	$	93,174	$	107,030

Operating profit is net sales less cost of sales and other operating expenses, excluding interest expense, equity-based compensation expense and other corporate expenses. Cost of sales and other operating expenses are directly identifiable to the respective segment or allocated on the basis of sales, manpower or profit.

Sales, based on the customer’s location, and property, plant and equipment by geographic area are as follows:



	2014		2013		2012
Net sales:
United States	$	1,552,498	$	1,540,096	$	1,363,892
Germany	205,005		199,800		210,842
United Kingdom	133,777		123,004		117,336
Other	757,105		747,411		777,466
Net sales	$	2,648,385	$	2,610,311	$	2,469,536
Property, plant and equipment, net:
United States	$	312,790	$	322,282	$	310,390
United Kingdom	74,111		62,105		58,329
Philippines	72,602		75,087		68,993
Other	95,845		102,889		108,467
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	555,348	$	562,363	$	546,179

Sales to Boeing were $431,148, $366,972 and $263,060, or 16%, 14% and 11% of sales, in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, including sales to Boeing Commercial Airplanes of $243,114, $195,100 and $131,318 in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Sales arising from U.S. Government prime or sub-contracts, including military sales to Boeing, were $763,004, $807,728 and $737,980 in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Sales to Boeing and the U.S. Government and its prime- or sub-contractors are made primarily from our Aircraft Controls and Space and Defense Controls segments.