Segment Information

The Company's two operating product line segments are also the Company's reportable segments: Advanced Materials and Structures and Engineered Papers. The AMS segment primarily produces engineered resin-based rolled goods such as nets, films, and other non-wovens for use in high-performance applications in the filtration, infrastructure and construction, transportation, medical, and industrial end-markets. The EP segment primarily produces cigarette papers including LIP papers, plug wrap papers and base tipping papers used to wrap various parts of a cigarette for sale to cigarette manufacturers and reconstituted tobacco leaf, or RTL, and wrapper and binder products for sale to cigarette and cigar manufacturers. The EP segment also includes commercial and industrial products such as lightweight printing and writing papers, battery separator paper, drinking straw wrap, filter paper and other specialized papers.

Information about Net Sales and Operating Profit

The Company primarily evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based on operating profit. Expense amounts not associated with segments are referred to as unallocated expenses.



($ in millions)	Net Sales
	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018				2017				2016
Advanced Materials & Structures	$	467.9	44.9	%	$	433.2	44.1	%	$	280.6	33.4	%
Engineered Papers	573.4		55.1		548.9		55.9		559.3		66.6
Consolidated	$	1,041.3	100.0	%	$	982.1	100.0	%	$	839.9	100.0	%



($ in millions)	Operating Profit
	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018					2017					2016
Advanced Materials & Structures	$	49.5		36.7	%	$	48.5		37.8	%	$	9.0		8.2	%
Engineered Papers	121.8			90.2		119.7			93.3		141.9			129.0
Unallocated	(36.3		)	(26.9	)	(39.9		)	(31.1	)	(40.9		)	(37.2	)
Consolidated	$	135.0		100.0	%	$	128.3		100.0	%	$	110.0		100.0	%



($ in millions)	Segment Assets
	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
Advanced Materials & Structures	$	796.1	$	811.7	$	569.3
Engineered Papers	527.4		537.6		505.1
Unallocated	143.0		193.2		99.3
Consolidated	$	1,466.5	$	1,542.5	$	1,173.7



($ in millions)	Capital Spending						Depreciation
	2018		2017		2016		2018		2017		2016
Advanced Materials & Structures	$	15.0	$	11.5	$	10.1	$	14.1	$	12.3	$	7.1
Engineered Papers	11.7		25.6		17.6		23.9		23.4		22.3
Unallocated	0.3		0.1		0.1		0.1		—		—
Consolidated	$	27.0	$	37.2	$	27.8	$	38.1	$	35.7	$	29.4

Information about Geographic Areas

Long-lived assets by geographic area as of year-end were as follows ($ in millions):



	Long-Lived Assets
	2018		2017		2016
United States	$	115.8	$	115.0	$	89.6
France	167.4		181.3		162.7
Brazil	20.8		24.2		23.7
Poland	16.8		21.9		20.0
Other foreign countries	27.7		26.9		15.8
Consolidated	$	348.5	$	369.3	$	311.8

For the geographic disclosure in the following table, net sales are attributed to geographic locations based on the location of the Company's direct customers ($ in millions):



	Net Sales
	2018		2017		2016
United States	$	513.4	$	468.9	$	372.2
Europe and the former Commonwealth of Independent States	260.8		259.9		253.2
Asia-Pacific (including China)	159.4		148.4		129.4
Latin America	53.5		57.9		47.4
Other foreign countries	54.2		47.0		37.7
Consolidated	$	1,041.3	$	982.1	$	839.9