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Business Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Business Segments

11.   Business Segments

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

		Three months ended March 31,
		2012			2011			Change
Net sales:
Industrial Technology		$	195,136		$	169,982		14.8	%
Energy Systems & Controls			148,602			129,633		14.6
Medical & Scientific Imaging			162,811			145,287		12.1
RF Technology			204,517			200,407		2.1
Total		$	711,066		$	645,309		10.2	%
Gross profit:
Industrial Technology		$	98,663		$	85,714		15.1	%
Energy Systems & Controls			80,408			70,146		14.6
Medical & Scientific Imaging			106,186			91,254		16.4
RF Technology			105,936			102,982		2.9
Total		$	391,193		$	350,096		11.7	%
Operating profit*:
Industrial Technology		$	57,507		$	46,189		24.5	%
Energy Systems & Controls			35,657			29,044		22.8
Medical & Scientific Imaging			43,362			35,037		23.8
RF Technology			50,353			44,950		12.0
Total		$	186,879		$	155,220		20.4	%
Long-lived assets
Industrial Technology		$	42,698		$	41,361		3.2	%
Energy Systems & Controls			19,439			18,256		6.5
Medical & Scientific Imaging			45,602			43,084		5.8
RF Technology			29,832			31,331		(4.8	)
Total		$	137,571		$	134,032		2.6	%

* Operating profit is before unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses of $16,575 and $13,220 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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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.

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