| Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] |
Segment information is summarized as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quarter Ended | | Six Months Ended | | | June 1,
2013 | | June 2,
2012 | | June 1,
2013 | | June 2,
2012 | Net sales: | | | | | | | | | Engine/Mobile Filtration | | $ | 132,372 |
| | $ | 130,677 |
| | $ | 250,047 |
| | $ | 250,960 |
| Industrial/Environmental Filtration | | 136,660 |
| | 134,629 |
| | 259,286 |
| | 255,743 |
| Packaging | | 18,551 |
| | 19,549 |
| | 34,521 |
| | 35,416 |
| | | $ | 287,583 |
| | $ | 284,855 |
| | $ | 543,854 |
| | $ | 542,119 |
| | | | | | | | | | Operating profit: | | | | | | |
| | |
| Engine/Mobile Filtration | | $ | 29,096 |
| | $ | 29,628 |
| | $ | 52,545 |
| | $ | 52,925 |
| Industrial/Environmental Filtration | | 18,411 |
| | 17,747 |
| | 28,089 |
| | 28,452 |
| Packaging | | 1,894 |
| | 1,736 |
| | 2,582 |
| | 2,046 |
| | | 49,401 |
| | 49,111 |
| | 83,216 |
| | 83,423 |
| Other income (expense), net | | (217 | ) | | (36 | ) | | (228 | ) | | 610 |
| Earnings before income taxes | | $ | 49,184 |
| | $ | 49,075 |
| | $ | 82,988 |
| | $ | 84,033 |
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| | | | | | | | | | June 1,
2013 | | December 1,
2012 | Identifiable assets: | | | | Engine/Mobile Filtration | $ | 377,557 |
| | $ | 372,011 |
| Industrial/Environmental Filtration | 706,979 |
| | 706,610 |
| Packaging | 48,541 |
| | 36,350 |
| Corporate | 71,359 |
| | 90,531 |
| | $ | 1,204,436 |
| | $ | 1,205,502 |
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