XML 22 R17.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT  v2.3.0.11

Business Segments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Business Segments

13.   Business Segments

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

	Three months ended June 30,							Six months ended June 30,
	2011			2010		Change		2011			2010		Change
Net sales:
Industrial Technology	$	183,455		$	145,490	26.1	%	$	353,437		$	280,802	25.9	%
Energy Systems & Controls		145,750			119,387	22.1			275,383			225,065	22.4
Medical & Scientific Imaging		151,078			128,514	17.6			296,365			258,758	14.5
RF Technology		219,588			173,713	26.4			419,995			336,920	24.7
Total	$	699,871		$	567,104	23.4	%	$	1,345,180		$	1,101,545	22.1	%
Gross profit:
Industrial Technology	$	92,068		$	73,930	24.5	%	$	177,782		$	141,442	25.7	%
Energy Systems & Controls		80,412			64,803	24.1			150,558			118,294	27.3
Medical & Scientific Imaging		95,006			78,307	21.3			186,260			155,817	19.5
RF Technology		109,577			84,907	29.1			212,559			165,959	28.1
Total	$	377,063		$	301,947	24.9	%	$	727,159		$	581,512	25.0	%
Operating profit*:
Industrial Technology	$	51,729		$	38,742	33.5	%	$	97,918		$	70,508	38.9	%
Energy Systems & Controls		37,704			29,072	29.7			66,748			47,995	39.1
Medical & Scientific Imaging		35,352			27,796	27.2			70,389			57,130	23.2
RF Technology		52,911			34,704	52.5			97,861			66,905	46.3
Total	$	177,696		$	130,314	36.4	%	$	332,916		$	242,538	37.3	%
Long-lived assets:
Industrial Technology	$	41,343		$	41,033	0.8	%
Energy Systems & Controls		17,868			19,311	(7.5	)
Medical & Scientific Imaging		48,261			35,670	35.3
RF Technology		31,047			31,154	(0.3	)
Total	$	138,519		$	127,168	8.9	%

*Segment operating profit is before unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses. These expenses were $13,726 and $11,127 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $26,946 and $22,635 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

X

- Details

Name:	rop_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	rop
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

This element may be used to capture the complete disclosure of reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10% or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 131

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap
Data Type:	us-types:textBlockItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration