Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Business Segments [Abstract]

Sales and Operating Profit by Business Segment

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

	Three months ended September 30,							Nine months ended September 30,
	2016		2015		Change			2016		2015		Change
Net sales:
Medical & Scientific Imaging	$	338,027	$	299,621		12.8	%	$	1,010,826	$	893,583		13.1	%
RF Technology		303,565		253,556		19.7	%		872,536		752,068		16.0	%
Industrial Technology		178,317		186,147		(4.2	)%		528,179		563,342		(6.2	)%
Energy Systems & Controls		125,235		144,609		(13.4	)%		367,584		429,762		(14.5	)%
Total	$	945,144	$	883,933		6.9	%	$	2,779,125	$	2,638,755		5.3	%
Gross profit:
Medical & Scientific Imaging	$	247,432	$	222,655		11.1	%	$	740,725	$	660,971		12.1	%
RF Technology		169,123		133,692		26.5	%		492,493		397,874		23.8	%
Industrial Technology		90,950		92,245		(1.4	)%		266,679		281,052		(5.1	)%
Energy Systems & Controls		70,988		84,891		(16.4	)%		205,635		245,658		(16.3	)%
Total	$	578,493	$	533,483		8.4	%	$	1,705,532	$	1,585,555		7.6	%
Operating profit*:
Medical & Scientific Imaging	$	118,979	$	108,399		9.8	%	$	347,706	$	325,439		6.8	%
RF Technology		94,785		74,604		27.1	%		272,905		228,521		19.4	%
Industrial Technology		52,800		52,298		1.0	%		150,850		162,383		(7.1	)%
Energy Systems & Controls		31,777		42,300		(24.9	)%		83,728		110,424		(24.2	)%
Total	$	298,341	$	277,601		7.5	%	$	855,189	$	826,767		3.4	%
Long-lived assets:
Medical & Scientific Imaging	$	38,793	$	35,818		8.3	%
RF Technology		30,984		29,570		4.8	%
Industrial Technology		35,584		40,170		(11.4	)%
Energy Systems & Controls		10,720		13,915		(23.0	)%
Total	$	116,081	$	119,473		(2.8	)%

*Segment operating profit is before unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses. These expenses were $30,951 and $27,230 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $89,730 and $77,526 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.