| Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] |
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: | | | | | |
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| 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 |
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| | | | | | | | | | 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 |
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