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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Note)
 9 Months Ended
Aug. 27, 2011
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
SEGMENT INFORMATION


The Company operates in three principal product segments: Engine/Mobile Filtration, Industrial/Environmental Filtration and Packaging. Net sales represent sales to unaffiliated customers as reported in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings.  Intersegment sales were not material.  Unallocated amounts consist of interest expense, interest income and other non-operating income and expense items.  Assets are those assets used in each business segment.  Corporate assets consist of cash, deferred income taxes, corporate facility and equipment and various other assets that are not specific to an operating segment.  The Company operates as a consolidated entity, including cooperation between segments, cost allocating and sharing of certain assets.  As such, the Company makes no representation, that if operated on a standalone basis, these segments would report net sales, operating profit and other financial data reflected below. Segment information is summarized as follows:


 
Quarter Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
August 27,

2011
 
August 28,

2010
 
August 27,

2011
 
August 28,

2010
Net sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Engine/Mobile Filtration
$
129,467


 
$
118,753


 
$
372,071


 
$
328,615


Industrial/Environmental Filtration
132,380


 
119,589


 
377,998


 
339,182


Packaging
22,972


 
24,428


 
69,003


 
67,973


 
$
284,819


 
$
262,770


 
$
819,072


 
$
735,770


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating profit:
 
 
 
 
 


 
 


Engine/Mobile Filtration
$
30,175


 
$
25,937


 
$
80,969


 
$
67,442


Industrial/Environmental Filtration
13,650


 
12,887


 
37,077


 
27,541


Packaging
2,636


 
2,868


 
8,486


 
5,817


 
46,461


 
41,692


 
126,532


 
100,800


Other income (expense), net
99


 
(18
)
 
(318
)
 
(736
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings before income taxes
$
46,560


 
$
41,674


 
$
126,214


 
$
100,064




 
August 27,

2011
 
November 27,

2010
Identifiable assets:
 
 
 
Engine/Mobile Filtration
$
340,158


 
$
292,196


Industrial/Environmental Filtration
701,351


 
650,530


Packaging
44,308


 
40,450


Corporate
32,142


 
59,235


 
$
1,117,959


 
$
1,042,411