BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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 March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
NET SALES
Filtration	$	58,428		58,397		105,940		113,875
Test		42,084		41,025		81,504		80,503
USG		28,429		25,340		62,044		54,834
Consolidated totals	$	128,941		124,762		249,488		249,212

EBIT
Filtration	$	12,051		10,100		19,127		19,584
Test		3,467		3,533		7,262		7,108
USG		4,855		5,518		14,833		13,165
Corporate (loss)		(6,369)		(5,283)		(12,247)		(11,557)
Consolidated EBIT		14,004		13,868		28,975		28,300
Less: Interest expense		(213)		(654)		(408)		(1,346)
Earnings before income taxes	$	13,791		13,214		28,567		26,954

- 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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