Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information

Revenues 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,
	2017		2016		Change		2017		2016		Change
Revenues
RF Technology	$	480,572	$	303,565	58.3	%	$	1,370,688	$	872,536	57.1	%
Medical & Scientific Imaging	343,639		338,027		1.7	%	1,042,638		1,010,826		3.1	%
Industrial Technology	200,442		178,317		12.4	%	576,713		528,179		9.2	%
Energy Systems & Controls	135,259		125,235		8.0	%	390,849		367,584		6.3	%
Total	$	1,159,912	$	945,144	22.7	%	$	3,380,888	$	2,779,125	21.7	%
Gross profit:
RF Technology	$	298,883	$	169,123	76.7	%	$	830,096	$	492,493	68.5	%
Medical & Scientific Imaging	247,138		247,432		(0.1	)%	753,096		740,725		1.7	%
Industrial Technology	102,092		90,950		12.3	%	293,410		266,679		10.0	%
Energy Systems & Controls	78,307		70,988		10.3	%	223,082		205,635		8.5	%
Total	$	726,420	$	578,493	25.6	%	$	2,099,684	$	1,705,532	23.1	%
Operating profit*:
RF Technology	$	134,148	$	94,785	41.5	%	$	342,690	$	272,905	25.6	%
Medical & Scientific Imaging	115,506		118,979		(2.9	)%	356,614		347,706		2.6	%
Industrial Technology	62,255		52,800		17.9	%	174,117		150,850		15.4	%
Energy Systems & Controls	36,351		31,777		14.4	%	99,454		83,728		18.8	%
Total	$	348,260	$	298,341	16.7	%	$	972,875	$	855,189	13.8	%
Long-lived assets:
RF Technology	$	81,863	$	30,984	164.2	%
Medical & Scientific Imaging	43,858		38,793		13.1	%
Industrial Technology	32,198		35,584		(9.5	)%
Energy Systems & Controls	9,461		10,720		(11.7	)%
Total	$	167,380	$	116,081	44.2	%

*Segment operating profit is before unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses. These expenses were $37,513 and $30,951 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $109,614 and $89,730 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.