Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Sales and operating profit by business segment Table

12. Business Segments

Sales and operating profit by industry segment are set forth in the following table (dollars in thousands):

	Three months endedSeptember 30,						Nine months endedSeptember 30,
	2012		2011		Change		2012		2011		Change
Net sales:
Industrial Technology	$	199,008	$	185,258	7.4	%	$	598,088	$	538,695	11.0	%
Energy Systems & Controls		158,169		150,385	5.2			461,508		425,768	8.4
Medical & Scientific Imaging		172,475		156,470	10.2			486,207		452,835	7.4
RF Technology		217,989		220,592	(1.2	)		637,776		640,587	(0.4	)
Total	$	747,641	$	712,705	4.9	%	$	2,183,579	$	2,057,885	6.1	%
Gross profit:
Industrial Technology	$	102,569	$	91,238	12.4	%	$	304,002	$	269,020	13.0	%
Energy Systems & Controls		87,782		81,832	7.3			254,325		232,390	9.4
Medical & Scientific Imaging		112,013		99,035	13.1			314,411		285,295	10.2
RF Technology		114,191		110,451	3.4			332,618		323,010	3.0
Total	$	416,555	$	382,556	8.9	%	$	1,205,356	$	1,109,715	8.6	%
Operating profit*:
Industrial Technology	$	60,628	$	52,238	16.1	%	$	180,211	$	150,156	20.0	%
Energy Systems & Controls		42,890		38,675	10.9			118,749		105,423	12.6
Medical & Scientific Imaging		46,190		38,610	19.6			125,231		108,999	14.9
RF Technology		58,002		52,552	10.4			166,516		150,413	10.7
Total	$	207,710	$	182,075	14.1	%	$	590,707	$	514,991	14.7	%
Long-lived assets:
Industrial Technology	$	42,970	$	41,070	4.6	%
Energy Systems & Controls		19,016		17,784	6.9
Medical & Scientific Imaging		44,784		46,940	(4.6	)
RF Technology		29,230		29,879	(2.2	)
Total	$	136,000	$	135,673	0.2	%

*Segment operating profit is before unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses. These expenses were $24,453 and $14,860 for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $58,362 and $41,806 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.