BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Net Sales And Earnings Before Income Tax

The table below is presented on the basis of continuing operations and excludes discontinued operations.

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2013		2012
NET SALES
Filtration	$	55,478		46,352
Test		39,477		36,295
USG		29,495		27,871
Consolidated totals	$	124,450		110,518

EBIT
Filtration	$	9,484		8,801
Test		3,575		519
USG		7,647		5,454
Corporate (loss)		(6,274)		(6,169)
Consolidated EBIT		14,432		8,605
Less: Interest expense		(692)		(585)
Earnings before income taxes	$	13,740		8,020

- 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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