Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2012

Schedule of Sales to External Customers and Gross Profit by Segment

The following tables summarize various financial amounts for each of our business segments (in thousands):



	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	April 1, 2012		April 3, 2011
Sales to External Customers:
Electronics	$	77,890	$	61,348
Materials Science	73,220		70,659
Life Sciences	18,234		24,025
Service and Components	48,211		40,928
Total	$	217,555	$	196,960
Gross Profit:
Electronics	$	41,729	$	31,762
Materials Science	33,328		30,773
Life Sciences	6,949		9,902
Service and Components	16,105		13,467
Total	$	98,111	$	85,904

Schedule of Goodwill and Total Assets by Segment



	April 1, 2012		December 31, 2011
Goodwill:
Electronics	$	18,121	$	18,115
Materials Science	39,986		17,991
Life Sciences	17,340		16,895
Service and Components	5,056		5,052
Total	$	80,503	$	58,053
Total Assets:
Electronics	$	167,094	$	121,311
Materials Science	204,843		180,607
Life Sciences	63,440		67,445
Service and Components	176,071		158,542
Corporate and Eliminations	510,990		562,004
Total	$	1,122,438	$	1,089,909

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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