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MSA Safety Incorporated
(NYSE:MSA) 

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MSA Safety Incorporated develops, manufactures, and supplies safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures in the oil, gas, petrochemical, fire service, construction, industrial manufacturing applications, utilities, military, and mining industries in North America, Latin America,...

Founded: 1914
Full Time Employees: 5,000
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Security & Protection Services

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      net sales
    463,632,000 510,914,000 468,445,000 474,116,000 421,340,000 499,697,000 432,679,000 462,463,000 413,302,000 495,357,000 446,728,000 447,299,000 398,262,000 443,254,000 381,694,000 372,313,000 330,692,000 410,267,000 340,197,000 341,289,000 308,428,000 388,248,000 304,392,000 314,438,000 341,145,000 375,255,000 351,014,000 349,675,000 326,038,000 361,784,000 331,096,000 339,331,000 325,894,000 346,140,000 296,129,000 288,775,000 265,765,000 296,031,000 278,233,000 295,998,000 279,268,000 313,318,000 273,746,000 287,011,000 256,708,000 311,188,000 275,159,000 282,493,000 265,045,000 250,879,000 278,245,000 299,695,000 283,239,000 294,114,000 286,567,000 294,738,000 293,485,000 303,754,000 298,241,000 294,733,000 276,499,000 285,005,000 242,019,000 237,173,000 212,434,000 236,098,000 228,486,000 227,232,000 218,175,000 288,835,000 285,941,000 293,162,000 266,344,000 267,539,000 247,675,000 249,099,000 225,939,000 256,939,000 209,802,000 218,623,000 228,350,000 241,861,000 217,879,000 220,124,000 228,048,000 224,943,000 219,962,000 213,114,000 194,490,000 188,216,000 171,927,000 175,939,000 160,391,000 
      yoy
    10.04% 2.24% 8.27% 2.52% 1.94% 0.88% -3.14% 3.39% 3.78% 11.75% 17.04% 20.14% 20.43% 8.04% 12.20% 9.09% 7.22% 5.67% 11.76% 8.54% -9.59% 3.46% -13.28% -10.08% 4.63% 3.72% 6.02% 3.05% 0.04% 4.52% 11.81% 17.51% 22.62% 16.93% 6.43% -2.44% -4.84% -5.52% 1.64% 3.13% 8.79% 0.68% -0.51% 1.60% -3.15% 24.04% -1.11% -5.74% -6.42% -14.70% -2.90% 1.68% -3.49% -3.17% -3.91% 0.00% 6.14% 6.58% 23.23% 24.27% 30.16% 20.71% 5.92% 4.37% -2.63% -18.26% -20.09% -22.49% -18.09% 7.96% 15.45% 17.69% 17.88% 4.13% 18.05% 13.94% -1.06% 6.23% -3.71% -0.68% 0.13% 7.52% -0.95% 3.29% 17.25% 19.51% 27.94% 21.13% 21.26%     
      qoq
    -9.25% 9.07% -1.20% 12.53% -15.68% 15.49% -6.44% 11.89% -16.56% 10.89% -0.13% 12.31% -10.15% 16.13% 2.52% 12.59% -19.40% 20.60% -0.32% 10.65% -20.56% 27.55% -3.19% -7.83% -9.09% 6.91% 0.38% 7.25% -9.88% 9.27% -2.43% 4.12% -5.85% 16.89% 2.55% 8.66% -10.22% 6.40% -6.00% 5.99% -10.87% 14.46% -4.62% 11.80% -17.51% 13.09% -2.60% 6.58% 5.65% -9.84% -7.16% 5.81% -3.70% 2.63% -2.77% 0.43% -3.38% 1.85% 1.19% 6.59% -2.98% 17.76% 2.04% 11.65% -10.02% 3.33% 0.55% 4.15% -24.46% 1.01% -2.46% 10.07% -0.45% 8.02% -0.57% 10.25% -12.07% 22.47% -4.03% -4.26% -5.59% 11.01% -1.02% -3.47% 1.38% 2.26% 3.21% 9.58% 3.33% 9.47% -2.28% 9.69%  
      cost of products sold
    244,051,000 271,522,000 250,829,000 253,406,000 227,945,000 265,268,000 225,223,000 239,434,000 217,771,000 257,174,000 227,967,000 233,503,000 216,864,000 246,002,000 212,299,000 207,913,000 187,908,000 228,571,000 194,199,000 188,374,000 173,688,000 228,976,000 172,160,000 172,841,000 183,786,000 208,410,000 192,313,000 188,591,000 176,056,000 199,397,000 182,794,000 185,495,000 178,555,000 191,569,000 163,630,000 155,170,000 146,043,000 157,710,000 149,471,000 160,143,000 158,563,000 179,308,000 153,965,000 156,522,000 139,885,000 171,047,000 151,436,000 152,823,000 143,230,000 129,912,000 160,029,000 166,815,000 158,457,000 163,753,000 164,313,000 171,612,000 166,494,000 183,812,000 177,353,000 175,724,000 166,102,000 178,264,000 151,340,000 146,947,000 129,981,000 150,797,000 145,354,000 141,917,000 135,198,000 182,911,000 177,203,000 181,573,000 159,992,000 166,723,000 157,407,000 155,303,000 136,770,000 169,648,000 131,652,000 131,334,000 135,776,000 148,411,000 136,697,000 132,684,000 134,680,000 149,923,000 128,227,000 124,608,000 109,331,000 93,575,000 107,609,000 108,140,000 98,895,000 
      gross profit
    219,581,000 239,392,000 217,616,000 220,710,000 193,395,000 234,429,000 207,456,000 223,029,000 195,531,000 238,183,000 218,761,000 213,796,000 181,398,000 197,252,000 169,395,000 164,400,000 142,784,000 181,696,000 145,998,000 152,915,000 134,740,000 159,272,000 132,232,000 141,597,000 157,359,000 166,845,000 158,701,000 161,084,000 149,982,000 162,387,000 148,302,000 153,836,000 147,339,000 154,571,000 132,499,000 133,605,000 119,722,000 138,321,000 128,762,000 135,855,000                                                      
      yoy
    13.54% 2.12% 4.90% -1.04% -1.09% -1.58% -5.17% 4.32% 7.79% 20.75% 29.14% 30.05% 27.04% 8.56% 16.03% 7.51% 5.97% 14.08% 10.41% 7.99% -14.37% -4.54% -16.68% -12.10% 4.92% 2.75% 7.01% 4.71% 1.79% 5.06% 11.93% 15.14% 23.07% 11.75% 2.90% -1.66%                                                          
      qoq
    -8.28% 10.01% -1.40% 14.12% -17.50% 13.00% -6.98% 14.06% -17.91% 8.88% 2.32% 17.86% -8.04% 16.44% 3.04% 15.14% -21.42% 24.45% -4.52% 13.49% -15.40% 20.45% -6.61% -10.02% -5.69% 5.13% -1.48% 7.40% -7.64% 9.50% -3.60% 4.41% -4.68% 16.66% -0.83% 11.60% -13.45% 7.42% -5.22%                                                       
      gross margin %
    47.36% 46.86% 46.45% 46.55% 45.90% 46.91% 47.95% 48.23% 47.31% 48.08% 48.97% 47.80% 45.55% 44.50% 44.38% 44.16% 43.18% 44.29% 42.92% 44.81% 43.69% 41.02% 43.44% 45.03% 46.13% 44.46% 45.21% 46.07% 46.00% 44.89% 44.79% 45.34% 45.21% 44.66% 44.74% 46.27% 45.05% 46.73% 46.28% 45.90% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      selling, general and administrative
    107,684,000 105,359,000 102,852,000 112,078,000 93,965,000 100,378,000 95,103,000 105,075,000 94,150,000 107,043,000 102,175,000 96,336,000 91,091,000 91,494,000 82,753,000 86,076,000 78,551,000 86,523,000 87,450,000 83,426,000 75,463,000 76,268,000 64,793,000 69,034,000 80,237,000 85,165,000 82,900,000 84,009,000 78,429,000 84,558,000 78,013,000 81,962,000 80,250,000 75,467,000 72,409,000 73,943,000 75,983,000 78,288,000 72,945,000 75,716,000 79,195,000 83,587,000 72,727,000 77,588,000 81,368,000 77,420,000 77,301,000 82,835,000 85,241,000 71,287,000 73,311,000 81,021,000 83,587,000 84,643,000 81,606,000 77,922,000 77,063,000 78,985,000 78,621,000 75,716,000 73,045,000 78,935,000 61,185,000 60,912,000 61,908,000 60,720,000 57,313,000 56,041,000 56,820,000 67,650,000 67,921,000 68,919,000 66,094,000 63,427,000 62,362,000 58,777,000 56,572,000 55,872,000 52,378,000 53,860,000 53,553,000 51,145,000 50,015,000 53,098,000 53,558,000 59,570,000 50,352,000 47,147,000 47,730,000 47,005,000 41,761,000 42,219,000 39,096,000 
      research and development
    16,355,000 16,157,000 16,521,000 16,996,000 15,669,000 16,831,000 16,707,000 17,070,000 15,919,000 19,082,000 17,682,000 15,992,000 15,232,000 13,995,000 14,416,000 15,268,000 13,333,000 15,644,000 14,946,000 13,970,000 13,234,000 16,545,000 13,851,000 13,760,000 14,112,000 16,366,000 13,520,000 14,256,000 13,705,000 12,944,000 13,296,000 13,909,000 12,548,000 14,779,000 12,351,000 11,933,000 10,998,000 12,224,000 13,116,000 11,144,000 10,363,000 12,200,000 12,532,000 12,984,000 10,914,000 11,643,000 13,420,000 11,943,000 11,241,000 11,578,000 12,298,000 11,398,000 10,584,000 11,193,000 10,073,000 10,342,000 9,292,000 9,599,000 9,663,000 9,440,000 10,543,000 8,828,000 7,938,000 8,282,000 7,736,000 7,376,000 7,119,000 7,273,000 7,013,000 8,981,000 9,485,000 9,202,000 7,352,000 9,922,000 7,560,000 6,787,000 5,927,000 6,912,000 6,603,000 6,974,000 5,548,000 5,072,000 5,196,000 5,980,000 5,680,000 6,758,000 5,588,000 5,087,000 5,215,000     
      restructuring charges
    2,329,000 1,427,000 58,000 488,000 1,924,000 653,000 1,184,000 1,543,000 3,017,000 1,510,000 3,285,000 3,350,000 1,747,000 4,819,000 899,000 57,000 2,189,000 4,194,000 3,853,000 7,078,000 1,308,000 8,906,000 7,603,000 8,865,000 2,007,000 2,643,000 1,850,000 3,522,000 5,831,000 3,024,000 2,615,000 2,335,000 5,274,000 712,000 3,214,000 967,000 12,739,000                                                         
      currency exchange losses
    199,000 2,564,000 3,875,000 5,286,000 4,076,000 -1,077,000 2,985,000 -603,000 2,333,000 8,298,000 1,496,000 3,110,000 4,175,000 5,467,000 2,979,000 -1,463,000 3,271,000 575,000 100,000 1,640,000 -2,099,000 4,757,000 2,759,000 793,000 270,000 2,476,000 -913,000 1,290,000 16,961,000 -241,000 -252,000 815,000 2,008,000 1,133,000 562,000 2,851,000 580,000 -1,732,000 790,000 -242,000 1,950,000 -1,132,000 4,327,000 1,557,000 -2,548,000 1,151,000 315,000 -309,000 352,000 1,607,000 1,733,000 993,000 1,119,000 1,306,000 617,000 -1,192,000 2,420,000 1,525,000 431,000 -111,000 666,000 325,000 3,545,000 -1,477,000  -583,000 42,000 579,000 -926,000 3,804,000 -879,000 -76,000 4,094,000 1,127,000 -23,000 -1,469,000 233,000 614,000 532,000 925,000 1,068,000 -222,000 -643,000 724,000 615,000         
      operating income
    93,014,000 113,885,000 94,310,000 85,862,000 77,761,000 117,644,000 91,477,000 99,944,000 80,112,000 102,250,000 94,123,000 95,008,000 -60,061,000 70,620,000 64,313,000 61,536,000 42,668,000 -85,269,000 28,961,000 35,050,000 44,038,000 18,638,000 41,149,000 48,294,000 58,782,000 39,978,000 59,614,000 54,478,000 32,160,000 42,244,000 40,003,000 46,797,000 44,435,000 -30,996,000 40,617,000 14,301,000 19,422,000 47,544,000 40,022,000 47,899,000                                                      
      yoy
    19.62% -3.20% 3.10% -14.09% -2.93% 15.06% -2.81% 5.20% -233.38% 44.79% 46.35% 54.39% -240.76% -182.82% 122.07% 75.57% -3.11% -557.50% -29.62% -27.42% -25.08% -53.38% -30.97% -11.35% 82.78% -5.36% 49.02% 16.41% -27.62% -236.29% -1.51% 227.23% 128.79% -165.19% 1.49% -70.14%                                                          
      qoq
    -18.33% 20.76% 9.84% 10.42% -33.90% 28.61% -8.47% 24.76% -21.65% 8.63% -0.93% -258.19% -185.05% 9.81% 4.51% 44.22% -150.04% -394.43% -17.37% -20.41% 136.28% -54.71% -14.79% -17.84% 47.04% -32.94% 9.43% 69.40% -23.87% 5.60% -14.52% 5.32% -243.36% -176.31% 184.02% -26.37% -59.15% 18.79% -16.45%                                                       
      operating margin %
    20.06% 22.29% 20.13% 18.11% 18.46% 23.54% 21.14% 21.61% 19.38% 20.64% 21.07% 21.24% -15.08% 15.93% 16.85% 16.53% 12.90% -20.78% 8.51% 10.27% 14.28% 4.80% 13.52% 15.36% 17.23% 10.65% 16.98% 15.58% 9.86% 11.68% 12.08% 13.79% 13.63% -8.95% 13.72% 4.95% 7.31% 16.06% 14.38% 16.18% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      interest expense
    7,703,000 8,431,000 8,416,000 8,116,000 6,835,000 7,333,000 9,153,000 9,664,000 10,740,000 9,584,000 12,498,000 13,175,000 11,476,000 7,502,000 5,962,000 4,578,000 3,618,000 2,911,000 3,764,000 2,172,000 1,911,000 1,525,000 2,305,000 2,459,000 3,144,000 2,500,000 4,259,000 4,470,000 2,360,000 4,427,000 4,492,000 5,181,000 4,781,000 4,794,000 3,961,000 3,014,000 3,591,000 3,896,000 4,412,000 4,201,000 3,902,000 3,052,000 2,827,000 2,502,000 2,473,000 2,234,000 2,493,000 2,594,000 2,530,000 2,526,000 2,741,000 2,750,000 2,660,000 2,501,000 2,797,000 2,914,000 3,149,000                                     
      other income
    -7,681,000 -7,794,000 -6,562,000 -5,000,000 -7,023,000 -6,503,000 -5,833,000 -4,148,000 -6,235,000 -6,614,000 -6,037,000 -5,650,000 -3,800,000 -5,935,000 -2,359,000 -6,419,000 -6,344,000 -2,809,000 -2,266,000 -2,293,000 -4,213,000 -1,308,000 -1,117,000 -2,000,000 -1,259,000 -2,244,000 -2,929,000 -3,342,000 -2,579,000 -939,000 -4,252,000 -1,701,000 -2,340,000 -515,250 -981,000 -425,000 -655,000    888,000 -2,027,000 431,000 94,000 641,000 1,779,000 585,000 45,000 356,000 -1,212,000 609,000 548,000 -120,000 2,558,000 169,000 8,259,000 5,000 1,028,000 2,398,000 1,159,000 796,000 3,678,000 1,039,000 15,000 1,305,000 4,179,000 150,000 672,000 859,000 1,427,000 1,426,000 1,492,000 916,000 4,683,000 11,249,000 1,063,000 401,000 1,975,000 1,669,000 1,455,000 285,000 967,000 742,000 1,017,000 1,332,000 1,522,000 2,018,000 678,000 786,000 -392,000 1,586,000 434,000 96,000 
      total other expense
    22,000 637,000 1,854,000 3,116,000 -188,000 830,000 3,320,000 5,516,000 4,505,000 2,970,000 6,461,000 7,525,000 7,676,000 1,567,000 3,603,000   102,000 1,498,000 -121,000 -2,302,000 217,000 1,188,000 459,000 1,885,000 256,000 1,330,000 1,128,000 -219,000 3,488,000 1,734,000 3,480,000 2,441,000 5,065,000 2,980,000 2,589,000 2,936,000 3,470,000 2,371,000 3,426,000                                                      
      income before income taxes
    92,992,000 113,248,000 92,456,000 82,746,000 77,949,000 116,814,000 88,157,000 94,428,000 75,607,000 99,280,000 87,662,000 87,483,000 -67,737,000 69,053,000 60,710,000 63,377,000 45,394,000 -85,371,000 27,463,000 35,171,000 46,340,000 18,421,000 39,961,000 47,835,000 56,897,000 39,722,000 58,284,000 53,350,000 32,379,000 30,894,750 38,269,000 43,317,000 41,994,000                 22,194,500 27,227,000 34,839,000 26,712,000 30,489,000 27,330,000 41,399,000 35,072,000 24,726,000 30,369,000 29,308,000 20,415,000 15,923,000 15,282,000 18,221,000 7,923,000 18,852,000 16,287,000 19,214,000 10,987,000 24,415,000 30,285,000 31,630,000 26,128,000 27,048,000 28,258,000 26,271,000 24,611,000 23,301,000 18,519,000 25,315,000 25,505,000 21,729,000 26,023,000 27,264,000 33,629,000         
      provision for income taxes
    21,723,000 26,315,000 22,843,000 19,973,000 18,344,000 28,868,000 21,509,000 22,194,000 17,468,000 22,870,000 22,406,000 20,393,000 82,436,000 17,564,000 15,804,000 15,684,000 9,852,000 -26,349,000 8,640,000 9,784,000 9,740,000 5,690,000 11,727,000 11,429,000 13,095,000 8,173,000 15,673,000 13,238,000 9,003,000 13,614,000 4,206,000 9,896,000 9,505,000 -3,487,000 5,411,000 -902,000 1,796,000 18,938,000 11,329,000 15,026,000 12,511,000 7,738,000 8,935,000 12,350,000 15,384,000 14,988,000 8,699,000 9,753,000 7,604,000 9,330,000 8,050,000 10,448,000 7,317,000 10,979,000 7,680,000 13,120,000 10,750,000 7,839,000 10,188,000 9,827,000 6,919,000 3,903,000 5,297,000 6,287,000 2,803,000 6,249,000 5,154,000 6,986,000 3,614,000 7,917,000 12,342,000 11,676,000 10,101,000 9,591,000 11,523,000 8,943,000 8,543,000 3,803,000 5,918,000 9,234,000 9,767,000 12,703,000 8,971,000 8,063,000 12,276,000         
      net income
    71,269,000 86,933,000 69,613,000 62,773,000 59,605,000 87,946,000 66,648,000 72,234,000 58,139,000 76,410,000 65,256,000 67,090,000 -150,173,000 51,489,000 44,906,000 47,693,000 35,542,000 -59,022,000 18,823,000 25,387,000 36,600,000 12,731,000 28,234,000 36,406,000 43,802,000 31,549,000 42,611,000 40,112,000 23,376,000 25,142,000 34,063,000 33,421,000 32,489,000 -32,574,000 32,226,000 12,614,000 14,690,000 24,836,000 25,022,000 31,931,000 12,073,000 19,063,000 15,586,000 23,845,000 9,450,000 32,310,000 19,205,000 22,495,000 13,917,000 25,086,000 19,177,000 24,391,000 19,395,000 19,510,000 19,650,000 28,279,000 24,322,000 16,887,000 20,181,000 19,481,000 13,496,000 12,020,000 9,985,000 11,934,000 5,120,000 12,603,000 11,133,000 12,228,000 7,373,000 16,498,000 17,943,000 19,954,000 16,027,000 17,457,000 16,735,000 17,328,000 16,068,000 19,498,000 12,601,000 16,081,000 15,738,000 24,177,000 17,052,000 19,201,000 21,353,000 17,680,000 19,111,000 18,118,000 16,138,000 15,249,000 24,540,000 13,465,000 12,013,000 
      yoy
    19.57% -1.15% 4.45% -13.10% 2.52% 15.10% 2.13% 7.67% -138.71% 48.40% 45.32% 40.67% -522.52% -187.24% 138.57% 87.86% -2.89% -563.61% -33.33% -30.27% -16.44% -59.65% -33.74% -9.24% 87.38% 25.48% 25.09% 20.02% -28.05% -177.18% 5.70% 164.95% 121.16% -231.16% 28.79% -60.50% 21.68% 30.28% 60.54% 33.91% 27.76% -41.00% -18.84% 6.00% -32.10% 28.80% 0.15% -7.77% -28.24% 28.58% -2.41% -13.75% -20.26% 15.53% -2.63% 45.16% 80.22% 40.49% 102.11% 63.24% 163.59% -4.63% -10.31% -2.40% -30.56% -23.61% -37.95% -38.72% -54.00% -5.49% 7.22% 15.15% -0.26% -10.47% 32.81% 7.75% 2.10% -19.35% -26.10% -16.25% -26.30% 36.75% -10.77% 5.98% 32.32% 15.94% -22.12% 34.56% 34.34%     
      qoq
    -18.02% 24.88% 10.90% 5.31% -32.23% 31.96% -7.73% 24.24% -23.91% 17.09% -2.73% -144.68% -391.66% 14.66% -5.84% 34.19% -160.22% -413.56% -25.86% -30.64% 187.49% -54.91% -22.45% -16.89% 38.84% -25.96% 6.23% 71.59% -7.02% -26.19% 1.92% 2.87% -199.74% -201.08% 155.48% -14.13% -40.85% -0.74% -21.64% 164.48% -36.67% 22.31% -34.64% 152.33% -70.75% 68.24% -14.63% 61.64% -44.52% 30.81% -21.38% 25.76% -0.59% -0.71% -30.51% 16.27% 44.03% -16.32% 3.59% 44.35% 12.28% 20.38% -16.33% 133.09% -59.37% 13.20% -8.95% 65.85% -55.31% -8.05% -10.08% 24.50% -8.19% 4.31% -3.42% 7.84% -17.59% 54.73% -21.64% 2.18% -34.91% 41.78% -11.19% -10.08% 20.77% -7.49% 5.48% 12.27% 5.83% -37.86% 82.25% 12.09%  
      net income margin %
    15.37% 17.02% 14.86% 13.24% 14.15% 17.60% 15.40% 15.62% 14.07% 15.43% 14.61% 15.00% -37.71% 11.62% 11.76% 12.81% 10.75% -14.39% 5.53% 7.44% 11.87% 3.28% 9.28% 11.58% 12.84% 8.41% 12.14% 11.47% 7.17% 6.95% 10.29% 9.85% 9.97% -9.41% 10.88% 4.37% 5.53% 8.39% 8.99% 10.79% 4.32% 6.08% 5.69% 8.31% 3.68% 10.38% 6.98% 7.96% 5.25% 10.00% 6.89% 8.14% 6.85% 6.63% 6.86% 9.59% 8.29% 5.56% 6.77% 6.61% 4.88% 4.22% 4.13% 5.03% 2.41% 5.34% 4.87% 5.38% 3.38% 5.71% 6.28% 6.81% 6.02% 6.53% 6.76% 6.96% 7.11% 7.59% 6.01% 7.36% 6.89% 10.00% 7.83% 8.72% 9.36% 7.86% 8.69% 8.50% 8.30% 8.10% 14.27% 7.65% 7.49% 
      earnings per share attributable to common shareholders
                                                                                                 
      basic
    1.83 2.22 1.78 1.6 1.51 2.24 1.69 1.83 1.48 1.95 1.66 1.71 -3.83 1.32 1.15 1.21 0.9 -1.51 0.48 0.64 0.93 0.32 0.72 0.93 1.12 0.8 1.09 1.03 0.6 0.648 0.88 0.86 0.85                 0.423 0.52 0.65 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.76 0.65 0.47 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.27 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.31 0.35                          
      diluted
    1.83 2.22 1.77 1.59 1.51 2.23 1.69 1.83 1.47 1.94 1.65 1.7 -3.83 1.31 1.14 1.21 0.9 -1.5 0.48 0.64 0.92 0.31 0.71 0.92 1.11 0.79 1.08 1.01 0.59 0.638 0.86 0.85 0.83                 0.415 0.52 0.64 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.75 0.64 0.45 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.26 0.32 0.14 0.36 0.3 0.35                          
      dividends per common share
    0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.238 0.32 0.32 0.31 0.23 0.31 0.31 0.3 0.22 0.3 0.3 0.28 0.205 0.28 0.28 0.26 0.193 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.185 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.18 0.24 0.24 240 175 240 240 220 155 220 220 180 125 180 180 140 95 140 140 100 67.5 100 100 70 142.5 200 200 170 
      loss on divestiture of msa llc
                129,211,000                                                                                 
      product liability expense
                3,000 10,857,000 4,035,000 2,926,000 2,772,000 6,308,750 10,688,000 11,751,000 2,796,000 1,219,500 2,077,000 851,000 1,951,000 2,038,750 1,730,000 3,529,000 2,896,000                                                                 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                       -262,000 -186,000 -393,000 -200,000 -340,000 -128,000 -387,000 -372,000 -306,000 -144,000 -259,000 -346,000 -242,000 -118,000 -129,750 -160,000 -82,000 -277,000               -342,000 -109,000 -23,000 -417,000  -400,000 92,000 -209,000  -187,000 -175,750 -382,000  -214,000 -25,250 -179,000                           
      net income attributable to msa safety incorporated
                 51,489,000 44,906,000 47,693,000 35,542,000 -59,022,000 18,823,000 25,125,000 36,414,000 12,338,000 28,034,000 36,066,000 43,674,000 31,162,000 42,239,000 39,806,000 23,232,000 24,883,000 33,717,000 33,179,000 32,371,000 -32,984,000 32,066,000 12,532,000 14,413,000 24,916,000 24,186,000 31,083,000 11,751,000 20,851,000 15,976,000 24,298,000 9,682,000 32,687,000 19,305,000 22,488,000 14,026,000                                             
      earnings per share attributable to msa safety incorporated common shareholders
                                                                                                 
      basic
    1.83 2.22 1.78 1.6 1.51 2.24 1.69 1.83 1.48 1.95 1.66 1.71 -3.83 1.32 1.15 1.21 0.9 -1.51 0.48 0.64 0.93 0.32 0.72 0.93 1.12 0.8 1.09 1.03 0.6 0.648 0.88 0.86 0.85                 0.423 0.52 0.65 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.76 0.65 0.47 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.27 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.31 0.35                          
      diluted
    1.83 2.22 1.77 1.59 1.51 2.23 1.69 1.83 1.47 1.94 1.65 1.7 -3.83 1.31 1.14 1.21 0.9 -1.5 0.48 0.64 0.92 0.31 0.71 0.92 1.11 0.79 1.08 1.01 0.59 0.638 0.86 0.85 0.83                 0.415 0.52 0.64 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.75 0.64 0.45 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.26 0.32 0.14 0.36 0.3 0.35                          
      *prior periods have been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in the company's fiscal 2021 annual report on form 10-k.
                                                                                                 
      total other income
                   -1,841,000 -2,726,000                                                                             
      *prior period has been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in the company's fiscal 2021 annual report on form 10-k.
                                                                                                 
      loss on extinguishment of debt
                                  1,494,000                                                               
      earnings per share attributable to msa safety incorporated common shareholders:
                                                                                                 
      basic
    1.83 2.22 1.78 1.6 1.51 2.24 1.69 1.83 1.48 1.95 1.66 1.71 -3.83 1.32 1.15 1.21 0.9 -1.51 0.48 0.64 0.93 0.32 0.72 0.93 1.12 0.8 1.09 1.03 0.6 0.648 0.88 0.86 0.85                 0.423 0.52 0.65 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.76 0.65 0.47 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.27 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.31 0.35                          
      diluted
    1.83 2.22 1.77 1.59 1.51 2.23 1.69 1.83 1.47 1.94 1.65 1.7 -3.83 1.31 1.14 1.21 0.9 -1.5 0.48 0.64 0.92 0.31 0.71 0.92 1.11 0.79 1.08 1.01 0.59 0.638 0.86 0.85 0.83                 0.415 0.52 0.64 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.75 0.64 0.45 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.26 0.32 0.14 0.36 0.3 0.35                          
      other operating expense
                                 19,858,000 14,627,000 8,018,000 2,824,000 93,476,000 3,346,000 29,610,000                                                          
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                     -36,061,000 37,637,000 11,712,000 16,486,000 44,074,000 37,651,000 44,473,000 25,713,000 26,716,000 24,059,000 35,725,000 24,526,000 47,354,000 27,139,000 31,795,000 20,907,000                                     28,027,000 31,121,000 28,721,000 25,999,000 19,081,000 17,709,000 19,835,000 17,134,000 
      income from continuing operations
                                     -32,574,000 32,226,000 12,614,000 14,690,000 25,136,000 26,322,000 29,447,000 13,202,000 18,978,000 15,124,000 23,375,000 9,142,000 32,366,000 18,440,000 22,042,000 13,303,000                                             
      income from discontinued operations
                                         -300,000 -1,300,000 2,484,000 -1,129,000 85,000 462,000 470,000 308,000 -56,000 765,000 453,000 614,000                                             
      amounts attributable to msa safety incorporated common shareholders:
                                                                                                 
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
      earnings per share attributable to msa safety incorporated common shareholders:
                                                                                                 
      basic
    1.83 2.22 1.78 1.6 1.51 2.24 1.69 1.83 1.48 1.95 1.66 1.71 -3.83 1.32 1.15 1.21 0.9 -1.51 0.48 0.64 0.93 0.32 0.72 0.93 1.12 0.8 1.09 1.03 0.6 0.648 0.88 0.86 0.85                 0.423 0.52 0.65 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.76 0.65 0.47 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.27 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.31 0.35                          
      diluted
                                                                                                 
      earnings per share attributable to msa safety incorporated common shareholders:
                                                                                                 
      basic
    1.83 2.22 1.78 1.6 1.51 2.24 1.69 1.83 1.48 1.95 1.66 1.71 -3.83 1.32 1.15 1.21 0.9 -1.51 0.48 0.64 0.93 0.32 0.72 0.93 1.12 0.8 1.09 1.03 0.6 0.648 0.88 0.86 0.85                 0.423 0.52 0.65 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.76 0.65 0.47 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.27 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.31 0.35                          
      diluted
                                                                                                 
      restructuring and other charges
                                         924,250 1,889,000 1,338,000 470,000 7,560,000 3,740,000 227,000 731,000 2,118,000 3,640,000 857,000 1,900,000 1,402,000 1,515,000 2,427,000      2,441,000 1,004,000 2,027,000 3,087,000 2,612,000 2,082,000 2,618,000 6,809,000 1,477,000 840,000 966,000 8,095,000 660,000 1,045,000 1,125,000 1,106,000 940,000 707,000 2,261,000 234,000 219,000 306,000 459,000 5,997,000             
      other (income)
                                         -926,000 -2,041,000 -775,000                                                      
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                         80,000 -836,000 -848,000 -322,000 1,788,000 390,000 453,000 232,000 377,000 100,000 -7,000 109,000 325,000 324,000     -284,000    111,000    -107,000    230,000                          
      costs and expenses
                                                                                                 
      costs and expenses - sum
                                            254,443,000 284,575,000 250,118,000 251,380,000 232,823,000 265,613,000 248,605,000 250,743,000 244,494,000 218,312,000 251,627,000 265,404,000 256,407,000 266,183,000 259,406,000 261,598,000 258,418,000 280,056,000 270,270,000 266,584,000 256,880,000 272,760,000 227,776,000 218,967,000 205,816,000 221,425,000 212,349,000 208,690,000 208,047,000 265,847,000 257,082,000 263,024,000 241,132,000 245,174,000 230,666,000 223,891,000 201,729,000 235,613,000 192,952,000 194,763,000 203,130,000 205,948,000 192,598,000 193,877,000 195,751,000         
      net income attributable to mine safety appliances company
                                                     25,411,000 19,501,000 24,049,000 19,286,000 19,487,000 19,233,000 27,995,000 23,922,000 16,979,000 19,972,000 19,592,000 13,309,000 11,768,000 9,603,000 11,827,000 4,906,000 12,662,000 10,954,000 12,458,000 7,221,000                         
      earnings per share attributable to mine safety appliances company common shareholders
                                                                                                 
      basic
    1.83 2.22 1.78 1.6 1.51 2.24 1.69 1.83 1.48 1.95 1.66 1.71 -3.83 1.32 1.15 1.21 0.9 -1.51 0.48 0.64 0.93 0.32 0.72 0.93 1.12 0.8 1.09 1.03 0.6 0.648 0.88 0.86 0.85                 0.423 0.52 0.65 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.76 0.65 0.47 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.27 0.33 0.14 0.35 0.31 0.35                          
      diluted
    1.83 2.22 1.77 1.59 1.51 2.23 1.69 1.83 1.47 1.94 1.65 1.7 -3.83 1.31 1.14 1.21 0.9 -1.5 0.48 0.64 0.92 0.31 0.71 0.92 1.11 0.79 1.08 1.01 0.59 0.638 0.86 0.85 0.83                 0.415 0.52 0.64 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.75 0.64 0.45 0.54 0.53 0.36 0.33 0.26 0.32 0.14 0.36 0.3 0.35                          
      interest
                                                             2,605,750 3,198,000 3,788,000 3,437,000 3,796,000 1,686,000 1,685,000 1,540,000 1,638,000 1,681,000 1,914,000 1,847,000 1,841,000 2,307,000 2,281,000 2,494,000 3,035,000 2,653,000 2,232,000 1,993,000 2,348,000 1,481,000 1,211,000 1,188,000 1,542,000 1,333,000 1,391,000 1,218,000 1,120,000 996,000 1,215,000 514,000 1,239,000 1,033,000 1,173,000 1,119,000 
      currency exchange gains
                                                                    -2,158,000                           -651,000  
      less: net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests
                                                                        152,000                         
      basic earnings per common share
                                                                        200 470 500 560 450 490 470 490 450 540 350 440 430 395 470 530 580         
      diluted earnings per common share
                                                                        200 460 500 550 440 480 460 480 440 530 340 430 420 385 460 520 570         
      depreciation and amortization
                                                                                         4,557,000 6,647,000 5,761,000 5,820,000 6,636,000 5,522,000 5,657,000 5,393,000 
      currency exchange gain
                                                                                         242,250 -951,000 1,253,000 667,000     
      benefit from income taxes
                                                                                         8,118,500 12,010,000 10,603,000 9,861,000 5,250,750 6,725,000 7,643,000 6,635,000 
      net income from continuing operations
                                                                                         17,680,000 19,111,000 18,118,000 16,138,000 15,249,000 10,984,000 12,192,000 10,499,000 
      net income from discontinued operations
                                                                                              -102,000 1,273,000 1,514,000 
      gain on sale of discontinued operations — after tax
                                                                                                 
      basic earnings per common share:
                                                                                                 
      continuing operations
                                                                                         470 510 490 440 -1,420 890 1,000 860 
      discontinued operations
                                                                                             -890 1,110 100 120 
      diluted earnings per common share:
                                                                                                 
      currency exchange (gain) loss
                                                                                             -480,500 -121,000   
      discontinued operations:
                                                                                                 
      gain on sale of discontinued operations—after tax
                                                                                             3,414,500 13,658,000   
      currency exchange (gains) losses
                                                                                                -1,150,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                                                                   
        cash and cash equivalents
      180,158,000 165,067,000 169,998,000 146,988,000 170,617,000 164,560,000 154,371,000 146,830,000 148,329,000 146,442,000 164,499,000 146,897,000 138,906,000 162,902,000 159,613,000 134,047,000 147,300,000 140,895,000 117,302,000 174,078,000 184,728,000 160,672,000 132,830,000 136,238,000 122,629,000 152,195,000 108,481,000 111,511,000 107,668,000 140,095,000 118,161,000 116,650,000 124,883,000 134,244,000 112,185,000 115,361,000 104,427,000 113,759,000 106,033,000 103,149,000 111,901,000 105,925,000 189,343,000 88,134,000 86,301,000 105,998,000 97,355,000 96,183,000 102,212,000 96,265,000 96,010,000 82,413,000 76,793,000  74,456,000 65,062,000 56,648,000  58,822,000 63,776,000 66,987,000  47,413,000 60,141,000 61,896,000  58,581,000 62,667,000 49,660,000  49,877,000 67,009,000 67,218,000  83,875,000 61,704,000 62,542,000  39,672,000 39,966,000 46,996,000  65,592,000 61,514,000 59,446,000  62,210,000 61,686,000 73,917,000  101,689,000 21,158,000 27,891,000 
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 10,404 and 10,286
      325,011,000                                                                                             
        inventories
      352,314,000 343,035,000 355,493,000 343,883,000 306,675,000 296,796,000 351,805,000 320,899,000 305,556,000 292,604,000 324,077,000 337,954,000 349,436,000 338,316,000 349,664,000 341,544,000 321,602,000 280,617,000 249,449,000 232,658,000 220,021,000 197,819,000 252,856,000 225,410,000 195,647,000 185,027,000 192,199,000 187,779,000 172,663,000 156,602,000 183,829,000 177,256,000 171,203,000 153,739,000 160,280,000 130,613,000 117,621,000 103,066,000 132,542,000 130,482,000 125,120,000 125,849,000 150,125,000 150,415,000 137,681,000 122,954,000 145,217,000 151,792,000 146,995,000 136,837,000 144,277,000 134,019,000 135,614,000  142,825,000 143,668,000 150,652,000  157,299,000 165,979,000 156,752,000  142,600,000 130,364,000 128,652,000  140,697,000 145,312,000 152,439,000  177,778,000 183,052,000 178,320,000  153,141,000 146,687,000 145,476,000  154,299,000 140,333,000 130,491,000  129,433,000 129,596,000 126,090,000         
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      34,189,000 32,273,000 62,328,000 62,836,000 51,447,000 43,830,000 59,147,000 54,891,000 46,479,000 39,634,000 38,957,000 36,428,000 38,367,000 44,344,000 42,408,000 37,980,000 44,848,000 42,982,000 45,193,000 49,239,000 45,678,000 38,541,000 37,374,000 39,666,000 35,114,000 34,419,000 45,534,000 41,850,000 49,652,000 45,464,000 40,434,000 38,682,000 46,878,000 41,335,000 37,381,000 34,438,000 29,206,000 25,909,000 26,497,000 32,811,000 35,766,000 31,646,000 32,731,000 41,618,000 37,433,000 30,771,000 28,394,000 31,174,000 35,110,000 35,861,000 30,727,000 23,703,000 25,647,000  20,617,000 21,789,000 23,786,000  30,664,000 31,923,000 29,842,000  33,198,000 32,759,000 36,578,000  23,448,000 24,548,000 22,985,000  55,494,000 43,220,000 38,683,000  31,473,000 30,311,000 26,388,000  40,600,000 32,413,000 21,455,000  17,228,000 19,689,000 11,407,000  16,642,000 19,233,000 13,438,000  39,735,000 13,384,000 9,667,000 
        total current assets
      891,672,000 869,292,000 894,768,000 887,461,000 823,162,000 803,030,000 842,669,000 861,445,000 792,945,000 786,270,000 851,819,000 850,380,000 831,297,000 880,126,000 862,100,000 844,479,000 826,154,000 792,804,000 725,379,000 769,982,000 764,578,000 754,278,000 744,089,000 721,550,000 703,780,000 693,363,000 686,428,000 687,634,000 672,791,000 656,623,000 673,337,000 609,511,000 632,295,000 622,297,000 576,539,000 532,140,000 494,801,000 472,806,000 530,914,000 497,219,000 521,010,000 505,027,000 620,584,000 532,608,000 500,890,000 497,869,000 501,316,000 524,079,000 516,549,000 500,966,000 495,275,000 472,247,000 469,131,000  484,994,000 483,442,000 477,041,000  481,112,000 507,224,000 496,813,000  438,596,000 432,603,000 422,191,000  434,678,000 442,473,000 438,074,000  512,390,000 537,512,000 524,191,000  482,018,000 448,923,000 432,903,000  423,259,000 393,382,000 386,958,000  387,133,000 387,587,000 384,083,000  369,132,000 352,693,000 341,188,000  373,584,000 307,933,000 298,657,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      278,056,000 283,063,000 278,481,000 279,419,000 211,714,000 211,865,000 216,646,000 213,159,000 210,955,000 211,877,000 205,650,000 206,066,000 207,115,000 207,552,000 199,530,000 203,036,000 205,995,000 207,793,000 204,410,000 201,163,000 197,832,000 189,620,000 178,064,000 170,184,000 163,141,000 167,038,000 158,957,000 158,047,000 156,099,000  150,569,000 148,780,000 154,848,000  152,475,000 143,884,000 144,445,000  149,939,000 151,919,000 155,622,000  144,805,000 144,955,000 147,723,000  152,377,000 153,095,000 153,204,000                                      362,038,000 355,976,000 355,839,000  352,013,000 365,233,000 354,297,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      56,437,000 56,930,000 57,475,000 57,938,000 56,308,000 56,083,000 59,393,000 56,058,000 54,458,000 53,298,000 49,125,000 42,330,000 43,541,000 44,142,000 43,924,000 46,641,000 49,887,000 50,178,000                                                                            
        prepaid pension cost
      285,283,000 279,450,000 239,411,000 234,355,000 229,744,000 224,638,000 183,915,000 180,182,000 175,891,000 172,161,000 151,400,000 148,172,000 144,876,000 141,643,000 182,794,000 176,373,000 169,842,000 163,283,000 108,842,000 105,078,000 101,317,000 97,545,000 83,447,000 80,775,000 78,512,000 75,066,000 68,387,000 64,987,000 61,500,000 57,568,000 91,914,000 88,237,000 85,941,000 83,060,000 58,954,000 56,519,000 54,016,000 62,916,000 69,300,000 66,715,000 64,335,000 62,072,000 82,011,000 79,330,000 77,142,000 75,017,000 130,414,000 128,089,000 123,179,000 121,054,000 47,640,000 46,133,000 44,495,000  60,398,000 59,581,000 59,020,000  129,768,000 127,069,000 124,016,000  115,415,000 112,332,000 109,060,000  81,901,000 78,411,000 75,010,000  224,419,000 220,309,000 216,325,000  219,601,000 216,786,000 214,013,000  143,246,000 140,724,000 138,036,000  139,264,000 136,546,000 133,929,000  130,243,000 127,010,000 124,546,000  119,262,000 114,265,000 110,404,000 
        deferred tax assets
      20,491,000 20,991,000 31,125,000 30,581,000 27,489,000 26,180,000 34,513,000 33,712,000 34,443,000 33,065,000 25,966,000 26,867,000 26,383,000 25,490,000 32,039,000 33,724,000 34,796,000 35,257,000 44,587,000 37,007,000 34,301,000 35,665,000 33,490,000 32,030,000 31,885,000 32,596,000 29,297,000 30,153,000 29,492,000 32,522,000 27,360,000 25,806,000 26,648,000 25,825,000 36,094,000 36,343,000 24,190,000 23,240,000 25,661,000 24,581,000 26,219,000 26,455,000 21,007,000 21,447,000 21,317,000 23,830,000 20,136,000 19,907,000 19,742,000 22,458,000 16,890,000 16,565,000 16,408,000  23,894,000 22,601,000 22,361,000  25,918,000 26,660,000 26,837,000  21,256,000 20,128,000 20,196,000  23,865,000 23,658,000 22,929,000  23,153,000 23,431,000 22,071,000  18,768,000 18,575,000 18,572,000  18,604,000 18,127,000 17,836,000  17,990,000 17,863,000 18,639,000  17,319,000 18,330,000 18,571,000  15,283,000 21,804,000 20,975,000 
        goodwill
      727,440,000 731,592,000 732,224,000 733,245,000 627,200,000 620,895,000 632,837,000 624,637,000 625,049,000 627,534,000 620,343,000 626,262,000 623,443,000 620,622,000 607,161,000 619,449,000 631,821,000 636,858,000 636,113,000 447,267,000 447,059,000 443,272,000 436,273,000 430,671,000 430,114,000 436,679,000 428,629,000 433,156,000 415,254,000 413,640,000 416,779,000 418,384,000 426,860,000 422,185,000 417,949,000 341,925,000 335,297,000 333,276,000 340,533,000 332,139,000 339,935,000 340,338,000 248,319,000 248,416,000 246,653,000 252,520,000 255,049,000 259,688,000 260,188,000 260,134,000 259,388,000 257,169,000 256,726,000  257,087,000 256,069,000 260,927,000  262,283,000 267,803,000 266,556,000  84,874,000 82,439,000 84,105,000  85,134,000 83,638,000 82,305,000  84,327,000 86,868,000 86,865,000  86,667,000 80,373,000 80,098,000  86,794,000 61,527,000 60,892,000  48,023,000 47,849,000 48,796,000  48,142,000 47,595,000 44,535,000  44,104,000 43,977,000 43,496,000 
        intangible assets
      291,991,000 299,127,000 304,505,000 310,934,000 243,800,000 246,437,000 254,364,000 256,328,000 260,925,000 266,134,000 268,321,000 275,305,000 278,359,000 281,853,000 281,461,000 290,221,000 299,725,000 306,948,000 312,606,000 161,402,000 164,234,000 161,051,000 161,765,000 162,907,000 165,819,000 171,326,000 171,066,000 175,263,000 168,050,000 169,515,000 173,317,000 176,600,000 182,390,000 183,088,000 185,356,000 75,823,000 75,763,000 77,015,000 81,776,000 80,474,000 86,692,000 90,068,000 27,458,000 28,474,000 29,995,000 31,323,000 31,909,000 33,160,000 34,107,000 35,029,000                                            
        other noncurrent assets
      12,616,000 13,929,000 15,588,000 16,278,000 16,468,000 16,656,000 17,590,000 18,050,000 19,664,000                               263,202,000 252,417,000 245,019,000 235,905,000 234,743,000 237,989,000 236,484,000 172,717,000 170,435,000 170,431,000 149,336,000 200,548,000 202,625,000 200,905,000  185,879,000 181,036,000 180,599,000  188,109,000 181,684,000 176,218,000  118,783,000 115,450,000 109,251,000  107,687,000 102,281,000 95,862,000  77,934,000 76,333,000 73,161,000  60,861,000 57,426,000 48,045,000  25,090,000 27,353,000 19,844,000  21,492,000 10,507,000 10,443,000  8,407,000 9,779,000 10,310,000  13,025,000 13,631,000 13,971,000 
        total assets
      2,563,986,000 2,554,374,000 2,553,577,000 2,550,211,000 2,235,885,000 2,205,784,000 2,241,927,000 2,243,571,000 2,174,330,000 2,170,150,000 2,194,335,000 2,199,151,000 2,179,670,000 2,376,976,000 2,387,289,000 2,408,447,000 2,415,777,000 2,396,396,000 2,259,452,000 1,963,233,000 1,942,762,000 1,872,484,000 1,792,665,000 1,752,935,000 1,730,926,000 1,739,693,000 1,699,143,000 1,713,856,000 1,671,368,000 1,608,012,000 1,650,683,000 1,650,559,000 1,695,768,000 1,684,826,000 1,595,217,000 1,362,036,000 1,258,154,000 1,353,920,000 1,427,946,000 1,416,249,000 1,446,230,000 1,424,818,000 1,376,967,000 1,286,579,000 1,258,187,000 1,264,792,000 1,260,305,000 1,286,367,000 1,274,485,000 1,234,270,000 1,169,543,000 1,141,243,000 1,133,662,000  1,147,588,000 1,138,214,000 1,137,651,000  1,223,173,000 1,251,795,000 1,230,963,000  910,949,000 889,619,000 876,448,000  866,080,000 859,766,000 839,641,000                         
        liabilities
                                                                                                   
        notes payable and current portion of long-term debt
      8,074,000 8,225,000 8,209,000 8,383,000 32,886,000 26,391,000 26,915,000 26,472,000 26,462,000 26,522,000 26,198,000 26,492,000 32,534,000 7,387,000 6,820,000 7,433,000 8,021,000  20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,127,000 20,155,000 20,063,000 20,005,000 26,895,000 26,780,000 26,680,000 26,667,000 26,827,000 26,848,000 26,666,000 6,738,000 6,822,000 6,796,000 6,668,000 6,806,000 6,667,000 7,205,000 6,700,000 6,671,000 6,682,000 6,796,000 7,500,000 7,114,000 7,020,000 7,986,000  726,000 8,548,000 9,275,000  8,523,000 10,203,000 10,107,000  51,447,000 54,677,000 34,750,000  38,232,000 49,191,000 56,325,000  74,580,000 70,283,000 69,187,000  49,079,000 32,373,000 10,085,000  63,455,000 22,274,000 12,038,000  32,608,000 37,220,000 29,805,000  5,365,000 5,806,000 5,822,000  5,014,000 5,194,000 10,906,000 
        accounts payable
      118,348,000 110,775,000 119,872,000 126,421,000 116,474,000 108,163,000 128,031,000 131,774,000 117,125,000 111,872,000 108,554,000 107,046,000 106,225,000 112,532,000 104,972,000 111,861,000 108,407,000 106,780,000 92,634,000 89,086,000 90,706,000 86,854,000 79,774,000 96,513,000 89,062,000 89,120,000 69,773,000 73,264,000 75,524,000 78,367,000 71,659,000 76,331,000 68,142,000 87,061,000 65,589,000 65,392,000 65,682,000 62,734,000 56,367,000 66,119,000 64,003,000 68,206,000 68,798,000 80,465,000 79,512,000 70,210,000 67,253,000 70,376,000 72,433,000 66,902,000 66,628,000 63,745,000 66,311,000  61,233,000 67,665,000 61,368,000  53,511,000 58,533,000 63,080,000  55,589,000 62,719,000 52,072,000  49,150,000 45,865,000 44,671,000  54,587,000 55,861,000 55,953,000  51,697,000 49,691,000 49,632,000  52,119,000 45,849,000 48,817,000  44,966,000 41,608,000 42,906,000  37,973,000 45,583,000 40,999,000  36,414,000 32,889,000 32,728,000 
        employees’ compensation
      45,089,000 57,640,000 59,383,000 48,125,000 39,500,000 54,826,000 56,831,000 42,377,000 38,360,000 73,386,000 58,821,000 39,812,000 33,104,000 45,077,000 47,499,000 38,197,000 34,080,000 49,884,000 48,307,000 37,533,000 33,373,000 40,277,000 41,213,000 34,783,000 28,392,000 41,882,000 38,840,000 36,171,000 33,740,000 51,386,000 37,757,000 34,760,000 27,584,000 39,377,000 36,848,000 31,389,000 23,422,000 39,880,000 35,187,000 32,404,000 31,312,000 37,642,000 39,218,000 35,099,000 30,490,000 40,249,000 42,520,000 35,780,000 35,072,000 38,164,000 43,801,000 36,329,000 36,278,000  43,665,000 34,434,000 32,527,000  40,228,000 37,531,000 31,312,000  32,025,000 25,986,000 23,559,000  30,755,000 28,029,000 22,897,000  28,492,000 28,919,000 23,642,000  25,281,000 23,355,000 17,919,000  17,236,000 17,509,000 15,004,000  19,386,000 17,996,000 19,330,000  23,542,000 16,275,000 15,728,000  16,942,000 13,700,000 16,675,000 
        other current liabilities
      109,756,000 98,331,000 102,807,000 102,535,000 91,580,000 83,747,000 102,701,000 110,023,000 100,348,000 92,545,000         113,084,000 107,494,000 107,102,000              71,245,000 65,201,000 65,922,000 68,803,000 63,467,000 63,309,000 67,047,000 70,013,000 57,519,000 58,827,000 55,526,000 63,897,000 58,965,000 56,004,000 53,479,000 61,085,000 56,716,000 53,303,000 50,646,000  57,360,000 55,044,000 53,718,000  50,544,000 52,707,000 52,666,000  47,544,000 41,509,000 43,327,000  46,663,000 42,738,000 45,103,000  54,909,000 56,285,000 51,775,000  49,504,000 41,143,000 40,130,000  38,206,000 35,369,000 34,786,000  35,370,000 36,990,000 37,901,000  43,186,000 37,920,000 36,200,000  42,598,000 37,824,000 27,957,000 
        total current liabilities
      281,267,000 289,211,000 290,271,000 285,464,000 280,440,000 288,093,000 314,478,000 351,751,000 316,526,000 332,818,000 325,401,000 299,950,000 292,531,000 345,865,000 349,138,000 336,258,000 333,937,000 330,606,000 336,821,000 317,841,000 306,727,000 310,545,000 284,658,000 293,358,000 264,218,000 277,509,000 262,208,000 257,517,000 266,270,000 282,060,000 307,947,000 283,272,000 273,404,000 289,279,000 273,088,000 263,342,000 202,015,000 221,410,000 193,288,000 215,169,000 230,064,000 251,905,000 251,268,000 281,355,000 249,769,000 234,057,000 194,330,000 194,378,000 206,432,000 191,564,000 194,211,000 177,471,000 197,190,000  182,205,000 199,814,000 186,699,000  177,374,000 182,286,000 183,740,000  206,101,000 207,259,000 177,379,000  186,477,000 187,176,000 195,067,000  244,880,000 237,321,000 228,479,000  203,236,000 168,384,000 144,024,000  191,484,000 143,593,000 130,419,000  148,348,000 150,342,000 151,808,000  125,580,000 122,368,000 119,667,000  126,762,000 99,402,000 105,502,000 
        long-term debt
      605,075,000 572,709,000 620,374,000 670,965,000 469,171,000 481,622,000 527,807,000 561,771,000 569,692,000 575,170,000 715,814,000 787,527,000 837,114,000 565,445,000 597,844,000 615,778,000 591,393,000 597,651,000 592,742,000 314,587,000 340,428,000 287,157,000 321,694,000 314,500,000 351,592,000 328,394,000 352,073,000 378,380,000 357,304,000 341,311,000 370,195,000 403,712,000 441,426,000 447,832,000 445,717,000 242,679,000 268,568,000 363,836,000 464,600,000 447,087,000 471,502,000 459,959,000 388,000,000 263,000,000 266,000,000 245,000,000 270,667,000 281,667,000 276,667,000 260,667,000 282,333,000 293,333,000 278,333,000 272,333,000 304,000,000 294,011,000 312,029,000 334,046,000 377,063,000 382,076,000 379,585,000 367,094,000 72,106,000 82,111,000 82,112,000 82,114,000 82,120,000 94,118,000 94,111,000 94,082,000 93,448,000 103,289,000 103,611,000 103,726,000 111,234,000 112,777,000 112,789,000 112,541,000 53,839,000 45,339,000 45,651,000 45,834,000 53,962,000 54,352,000 54,283,000 54,463,000 59,911,000 58,678,000 59,717,000 59,915,000 63,982,000 63,906,000  
        pensions (note 16) and other employee benefits
      141,788,000 143,834,000                                                                                            
        noncurrent operating lease liabilities
      45,200,000 46,151,000 45,814,000 46,585,000 45,681,000 45,984,000 49,337,000 46,418,000 45,126,000 44,495,000 40,913,000 33,870,000 34,583,000 35,345,000 35,412,000 37,626,000 40,219,000 40,706,000 40,854,000 58,877,000 59,211,000 44,639,000 43,639,000 38,826,000 39,857,000 42,632,000 40,836,000 40,710,000 41,962,000                                                                 
        deferred tax liabilities
      127,000,000 127,540,000 133,200,000 132,696,000 108,106,000 107,691,000 103,175,000 102,334,000 102,228,000 102,419,000 102,155,000 102,744,000 102,532,000 31,881,000 30,409,000 31,342,000 33,049,000 33,337,000 49,898,000 13,017,000 12,065,000 10,916,000 11,425,000 10,533,000 10,069,000 9,787,000 11,251,000 10,986,000 7,613,000 7,164,000 8,973,000 8,589,000 10,249,000 9,341,000 37,347,000 36,176,000 34,867,000 34,044,000 26,255,000 25,964,000 26,705,000 24,872,000 29,410,000 28,334,000 27,094,000 26,306,000 48,365,000 47,872,000 49,614,000 49,621,000 19,184,000 18,064,000 17,094,000  30,398,000 30,333,000 30,506,000  48,574,000 48,682,000 48,689,000  45,075,000 44,841,000 44,750,000  36,393,000 36,318,000 36,297,000  100,686,000 100,899,000 101,058,000  101,238,000 101,163,000 101,141,000  75,880,000 75,754,000 75,713,000  77,440,000 76,100,000 75,202,000  75,639,000 74,226,000 73,245,000  66,311,000 64,739,000  
        other noncurrent liabilities
      8,296,000 7,917,000 9,932,000 9,515,000 5,488,000 4,824,000 7,680,000 6,388,000 3,988,000                          45,007,000 51,571,000 15,518,000 15,491,000 14,508,000 14,835,000 14,916,000 14,794,000 16,235,000 16,059,000 33,789,000 46,198,000 10,941,000 11,156,000 7,682,000 7,987,000 11,101,000 11,189,000 11,018,000  14,465,000 14,526,000 14,807,000  17,320,000 16,874,000 18,183,000  14,012,000 14,259,000 14,674,000  11,524,000 8,996,000 9,008,000  11,247,000 12,339,000 12,843,000  16,180,000 16,291,000 15,121,000  9,792,000 10,757,000 11,017,000  10,657,000 10,834,000 13,686,000  13,157,000 15,140,000 14,740,000  15,072,000 2,375,000  
        total liabilities
      1,208,626,000 1,187,362,000 1,251,187,000 1,297,569,000 1,045,740,000 1,062,465,000 1,146,582,000 1,209,924,000 1,179,576,000 1,203,348,000 1,325,609,000 1,368,020,000 1,409,924,000 1,453,235,000 1,544,874,000 1,570,377,000 1,554,870,000 1,562,008,000 1,435,275,000 1,114,465,000 1,119,872,000 1,062,593,000 1,012,562,000 1,004,281,000 1,011,544,000 1,007,120,000 990,838,000 1,022,709,000 1,008,083,000 968,493,000 990,977,000 1,011,489,000 1,054,582,000 1,082,248,000 974,010,000 760,440,000 679,876,000 792,708,000 861,013,000 863,850,000 905,590,000 907,690,000 852,064,000 754,020,000 738,941,000 726,159,000 670,647,000 688,265,000 693,597,000 661,923,000 661,286,000 650,977,000 652,942,000  656,967,000 662,847,000 670,971,000  748,152,000 763,942,000 760,131,000  464,267,000 467,053,000 444,342,000  442,307,000 448,766,000 452,101,000  576,495,000 587,996,000 579,075,000  550,562,000 512,888,000 485,509,000  418,749,000               
        equity
                                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 4.5% cumulative, 50 par value
      3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000                                                                      
        common stock
      344,328,000 343,842,000 339,256,000 336,175,000 330,077,000 329,953,000 324,609,000 320,556,000 315,241,000 312,324,000 303,417,000 294,364,000 287,009,000 281,980,000 273,010,000 267,645,000 262,627,000 260,121,000 252,084,000 253,773,000 245,887,000 242,693,000 234,703,000 233,786,000 232,167,000 229,127,000 223,412,000 218,801,000 213,099,000 211,806,000 207,315,000 204,171,000 200,002,000 194,953,000 189,145,000 187,075,000 182,158,000 172,681,000 166,147,000 163,719,000 164,074,000 157,643,000 156,277,000 156,158,000 154,288,000 148,401,000 146,808,000 143,835,000 141,006,000 132,055,000 129,727,000 127,461,000 119,738,000  106,656,000 105,054,000 101,347,000                                     
        treasury shares, at cost
      -541,793,000 -484,848,000 -444,589,000 -443,723,000 -413,812,000 -398,204,000 -388,421,000 -378,156,000 -367,599,000 -363,284,000 -363,371,000 -363,624,000 -363,879,000 -361,438,000 -361,657,000 -360,914,000 -332,760,000 -330,376,000 -331,350,000 -331,039,000 -331,215,000 -327,756,000 -329,025,000 -329,590,000 -329,674,000 -305,159,000 -305,092,000 -305,363,000 -302,673,000 -298,143,000 -298,466,000 -298,623,000 -299,103,000 -297,834,000 -299,583,000 -287,861,000 -289,952,000 -289,254,000 -291,242,000 -291,610,000 -295,392,000 -295,070,000 -295,280,000 -295,222,000 -288,228,000 -286,557,000 -286,461,000 -286,299,000 -286,421,000 -281,524,000                                            
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -47,682,000 -41,781,000 -75,849,000 -74,526,000 -118,911,000 -141,649,000 -126,205,000 -147,548,000 -139,548,000 -129,249,000 -160,410,000 -141,928,000 -147,082,000 -158,717,000 -197,415,000 -170,278,000 -140,993,000 -149,140,000 -189,323,000 -179,145,000 -188,948,000 -182,397,000 -207,000,000 -225,210,000 -233,075,000 -214,003,000 -217,234,000 -203,406,000 -204,563,000 -218,927,000 -183,435,000 -181,525,000 -156,203,000 -171,762,000 -191,703,000 -199,775,000 -216,892,000 -230,246,000 -203,179,000 -202,476,000 -190,580,000 -208,199,000 -192,120,000 -181,283,000 -187,993,000 -166,730,000 -93,596,000 -74,731,000 -77,667,000 -78,269,000 -126,902,000 -135,163,000 -130,005,000  -102,052,000 -106,595,000 -94,186,000  -55,023,000 -30,720,000 -35,725,000  -45,088,000 -66,073,000 -51,860,000  -56,020,000 -64,893,000 -81,165,000                  -7,482,000 -8,702,000      
        retained earnings
      1,596,938,000 1,546,230,000 1,480,003,000 1,431,147,000 1,389,222,000 1,349,650,000 1,281,793,000 1,235,226,000 1,183,091,000 1,143,442,000 1,085,521,000 1,038,750,000 990,129,000 1,158,347,000 1,124,908,000 1,098,048,000 1,068,464,000 1,050,214,000 1,089,197,000 1,093,261,000 1,085,383,000 1,065,789,000 1,070,218,000 1,058,955,000 1,039,609,000 1,012,266,000 997,412,000 971,453,000 947,929,000 935,577,000 925,337,000 906,244,000 887,656,000 868,675,000 915,311,000 896,621,000 897,458,000 901,415,000 888,898,000 877,103,000 858,368,000 858,553,000 849,634,000 845,584,000 833,255,000 835,126,000 813,982,000 806,219,000 795,051,000 792,206,000 778,095,000 769,755,000 756,867,000  749,195,000 740,323,000 722,678,000  700,858,000 690,421,000 680,362,000  673,559,000 673,030,000 670,282,000  670,000,000 667,687,000 663,872,000  657,349,000 648,005,000 636,650,000  618,877,000 610,032,000 600,608,000  582,882,000 576,822,000 567,319,000  537,670,000 525,755,000 511,685,000         
        total shareholders’ equity
      1,355,360,000 1,367,012,000 1,302,390,000 1,252,642,000 1,190,145,000 1,143,319,000 1,095,345,000 1,033,647,000 994,754,000 966,802,000 868,726,000 831,131,000 769,746,000 923,741,000 842,415,000 838,070,000 860,907,000 834,388,000 824,177,000 848,768,000 822,890,000 809,891,000 780,103,000 748,654,000 719,382,000 732,573,000 708,305,000 691,147,000 663,285,000 639,519,000 659,706,000 639,070,000 641,186,000 602,578,000 621,207,000 601,596,000 578,278,000 561,212,000 566,933,000 552,399,000 540,640,000 516,496,000 524,903,000 532,559,000 519,246,000 533,809,000 589,658,000 598,102,000 580,888,000 566,452,000 508,257,000 490,266,000 480,720,000  490,621,000 475,367,000 466,680,000  475,021,000 487,853,000 470,832,000  446,682,000 422,566,000 432,106,000  423,773,000    484,826,000 498,408,000 483,018,000  452,846,000 444,649,000 440,215,000  398,337,000 397,574,000 394,751,000  363,997,000 350,394,000 340,796,000  349,385,000 333,880,000 321,878,000  340,551,000 316,898,000  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      2,563,986,000 2,554,374,000 2,553,577,000 2,550,211,000 2,235,885,000 2,205,784,000 2,241,927,000 2,243,571,000 2,174,330,000 2,170,150,000 2,194,335,000 2,199,151,000 2,179,670,000 2,376,976,000 2,387,289,000 2,408,447,000 2,415,777,000 2,396,396,000 2,259,452,000 1,963,233,000 1,942,762,000 1,872,484,000 1,792,665,000 1,752,935,000 1,730,926,000 1,739,693,000 1,699,143,000 1,713,856,000 1,671,368,000 1,608,012,000 1,650,683,000 1,650,559,000 1,695,768,000 1,684,826,000 1,595,217,000 1,362,036,000 1,258,154,000 1,353,920,000 1,427,946,000 1,416,249,000 1,446,230,000 1,424,818,000 1,376,967,000 1,286,579,000 1,258,187,000 1,264,792,000 1,260,305,000 1,286,367,000 1,274,485,000 1,234,270,000 1,169,543,000 1,141,243,000 1,133,662,000  1,147,588,000 1,138,214,000 1,137,651,000          866,080,000                           
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 10,286 and 8,047
       306,452,000                                                                                            
        prepaid income taxes
       22,465,000    18,631,000  39,772,000 13,497,000 12,912,000 29,379,000 26,900,000 24,881,000 21,700,000 30,286,000 26,789,000 24,485,000 21,235,000 41,098,000 33,595,000 30,396,000 26,185,000 18,030,000 16,418,000 13,913,000 13,072,000 15,996,000 13,751,000 12,252,000 10,769,000 34,147,000 34,023,000 31,800,000 31,448,000 20,618,000 18,076,000 15,432,000 16,378,000 13,373,000 12,556,000 10,745,000  15,669,000 12,161,000 12,244,000  9,580,000 15,959,000 7,760,000                                             
        income taxes payable
       14,240,000    14,966,000  41,105,000 34,231,000 19,972,000 28,205,000 25,191,000 17,692,000 6,149,000 22,555,000 19,058,000 14,361,000 5,366,000 22,608,000 19,871,000 15,490,000 3,580,000 8,822,000 22,415,000 16,507,000 6,739,000 11,612,000 9,815,000 8,208,000  20,191,000 12,177,000 8,801,000   8,576,000                                                          
        shareholders' equity
                                                                                                   
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 10,451 and 8,047
        306,949,000                                                                                           
        pensions and other employee benefits
        151,596,000 152,344,000 136,854,000  144,105,000 141,262,000 142,016,000 143,967,000 137,563,000 139,783,000 139,065,000 137,810,000    189,973,000 199,486,000 201,311,000 201,040,000 208,068,000 190,073,000 185,464,000 184,179,000 186,697,000 163,342,000 168,340,000 166,294,000 166,101,000 167,373,000 167,906,000 173,840,000 170,773,000 172,851,000 166,672,000 158,908,000 157,927,000 162,362,000 160,795,000 162,403,000 156,160,000 167,151,000 165,272,000 162,289,000 174,598,000 146,344,000 153,192,000 153,202,000 152,084,000 154,457,000 150,920,000 149,307,000  125,899,000 124,163,000 126,930,000  127,821,000 134,024,000 129,934,000  126,973,000 118,583,000 125,427,000  125,793,000 122,158,000 117,618,000  126,234,000 134,148,000 133,084,000  118,674,000 114,273,000 112,434,000  87,754,000 86,246,000 83,444,000  80,116,000 78,437,000 80,912,000  76,189,000 74,471,000 74,181,000  67,793,000 66,010,000  
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 9,688 and 8,047
         333,754,000                                                                                          
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,996 and 8,047
          294,423,000                                                                                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 8,047 and 7,065
           279,213,000                                                                                        
        pensions (note 15) and other employee benefits
           134,251,000         173,654,000 181,958,000 187,818,000                                                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,937 and 7,065
            277,346,000                                                                                       
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,692 and 7,065
             299,053,000                                                                                      
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,597 and 7,065
              279,084,000                                                                                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,065 and 6,769
               294,678,000                                                                                    
        investments, short-term
                   9,905,000 24,930,000 34,857,000 39,971,000 48,974,000 48,972,000 49,982,000 54,976,000 74,982,000 69,940,000 59,945,000 69,769,000 49,892,000 72,166,000 72,461,000 73,619,000 55,106,000 56,996,000                                                               
        notes receivable, insurance companies
                   5,931,000 5,901,000 3,972,000 3,943,000 3,914,000 3,884,000 3,855,000 3,825,000 3,796,000 3,766,000 3,736,000 3,706,000 3,676,000 3,646,000 3,616,000 3,586,000 3,555,000 3,525,000 3,494,000 3,463,000 17,333,000 19,295,000 14,161,000 19,723,000 4,180,000 40,482,000                                                       
        notes receivable, insurance companies, noncurrent
                   38,695,000  45,161,000 44,893,000 44,626,000 44,330,000 49,133,000 48,837,000 48,540,000 48,214,000 52,988,000 52,662,000 52,336,000 51,980,000 56,724,000 56,368,000 56,012,000 60,726,000 60,340,000 59,954,000 59,567,000 59,151,000 63,833,000 63,416,000 63,147,000 63,072,000                                                       
        insurance receivable (note 20) and other noncurrent assets
               19,811,000    136,853,000    158,649,000                                                                            
        insurance and product liability
               8,521,000 9,551,000 9,613,000 9,911,000 73,898,000 67,716,000 58,661,000 57,037,000 55,125,000 40,188,000 43,857,000 40,056,000 43,706,000 26,576,000 27,876,000 28,177,000 25,870,000 20,988,000 23,898,000 32,429,000 48,688,000 78,019,000 57,495,000 67,119,000 59,116,000 72,739,000 65,957,000 18,939,000 19,438,000 19,188,000 30,262,000 47,184,000 57,718,000 64,503,000 81,464,000 63,772,000 47,456,000 14,339,000 16,494,000 35,618,000 14,251,000 15,320,000 16,680,000 32,312,000  13,666,000 21,007,000 18,741,000  20,059,000 20,690,000 24,749,000  14,244,000 16,666,000 21,360,000  16,383,000 17,782,000 21,192,000  24,917,000 18,214,000 17,587,000  18,522,000 13,501,000 15,113,000  17,346,000 22,525,000 15,078,000  15,403,000 15,898,000 16,082,000  14,099,000 15,360,000      
        product liability (note 20) and other noncurrent liabilities
               4,479,000    336,889,000    369,735,000                                                                            
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                   
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,262 and 6,769
                294,907,000                                                                                   
        insurance receivables (note 17) and other noncurrent assets
                21,711,000 23,769,000 24,656,000                                                                                 
        accrued restructuring (note 3) and other current liabilities
                94,072,000 91,796,000 93,065,000 100,822,000    113,451,000                                                                            
        product liability (note 17) and other noncurrent liabilities
                3,763,000 4,146,000 4,099,000       208,832,000 200,401,000  161,073,000 161,600,000 161,629,000                                                                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 7,124 and 6,769
                 302,201,000                                                                                  
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 6,901 and 6,769
                  279,707,000                                                                                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 6,769 and 5,789
                   297,028,000                                                                                
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 6,460 and 5,789
                    249,298,000                                                                               
        insurance receivables (note 18) and other noncurrent assets
                    139,852,000 149,363,000 152,664,000                                                                             
        accrued restructuring and other current liabilities
                    99,576,000 101,048,000 112,031,000                                                                             
        product liability (note 18) and other noncurrent liabilities
                    358,417,000 367,415,000 368,454,000  215,474,000        161,128,000 166,776,000 168,640,000                                                                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 6,051 and 5,789
                     265,290,000                                                                              
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 6,171 and 5,789
                      244,005,000                                                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 5,789 and 5,344
                       254,187,000                                                                            
        total msa safety incorporated shareholders’ equity
                       834,388,000    801,898,000    725,800,000    633,882,000    597,601,000    558,165,000                                                        
        noncontrolling interests
                         8,349,000 8,214,000 7,993,000 7,638,000 7,144,000 6,786,000 6,773,000 6,238,000 6,093,000 5,924,000 5,637,000 5,386,000 5,234,000 5,265,000 4,977,000 4,468,000 1,967,000 1,937,000 3,047,000 2,740,000 2,094,000 601,000 632,000 2,823,000 3,753,000 4,355,000 4,824,000 5,356,000 5,713,000 5,687,000 5,895,000 6,467,000 7,047,000 7,056,000  6,663,000 6,341,000 6,511,000  3,567,000 4,631,000 4,681,000  4,044,000 2,913,000 3,118,000  2,759,000 2,435,000 310,000                         
        *december 31, 2020 amounts have been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                   
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 4,930 and 5,344
                        219,481,000                                                                           
        operating lease assets
                        50,731,000 67,383,000 68,199,000 53,451,000 52,331,000 47,106,000 48,341,000 51,675,000 50,470,000 50,935,000 52,020,000                                                                 
        net investment in sales-type leases, noncurrent
                        27,202,000 29,383,000 28,509,000                                                                         
        insurance receivable (note 18) and other noncurrent assets
                        105,252,000        53,929,000 56,957,000 59,794,000      108,699,000 111,569,000 66,226,000                                                         
        total msa safety incorporated shareholders' equity
                        824,177,000 840,419,000 814,676,000  772,465,000 741,510,000 712,596,000  702,067,000 685,054,000 657,361,000  654,320,000 633,836,000 635,921,000  616,739,000 599,629,000 576,341,000  564,193,000 550,305,000 540,039,000  522,080,000 528,806,000 514,891,000  584,302,000 592,389,000 575,201,000                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 4,537 and 5,344
                         226,575,000                                                                          
        insurance receivable (note 17) and other noncurrent assets
                         95,435,000 87,896,000  54,992,000 54,724,000 56,672,000                                                                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 4,732 and 5,344
                          224,954,000                                                                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 5,344 and 4,860
                           252,283,000                                                                        
        insurance receivable (note 19) and other noncurrent assets
                           89,062,000    59,614,000    64,192,000 56,681,000 122,901,000 126,832,000 131,790,000    172,842,000                                                        
        accrued restructuring (note 2) and other current liabilities
                           116,128,000                                                                        
        product liability (note 19) and other noncurrent liabilities
                           201,268,000    162,101,000    171,857,000 136,489,000 148,010,000 155,663,000 165,023,000                                                            
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 5,068 and 4,860
                            229,293,000                                                                       
        warranty reserve (note 17) and other current liabilities
                            108,273,000 91,771,000 82,080,000                                                                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 5,044 and 4,860
                             240,137,000                                                                      
        trade receivables, less allowance for credit loss of 5,283 and 4,860
                              263,002,000                                                                     
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative, 50 par value
                              3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000                                            
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,860 and 5,369
                               255,082,000                                                                    
        warranty reserve (note 19) and other current liabilities
                               93,898,000    83,556,000 80,316,000 75,614,000 74,978,000 77,045,000                                                            
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,950 and 5,369
                                248,406,000                                                                   
        warranty reserve (note 18) and other current liabilities
                                100,995,000 94,242,000 96,214,000                                                                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,545 and 5,369
                                 256,666,000                                                                  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,115 and 5,369
                                  253,351,000                                                                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,369 and 5,540
                                   245,032,000                                                                
        property, plant, and equipment
                                   157,940,000    157,014,000    148,678,000    155,839,000    151,352,000    152,755,000                                            
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,846 and 5,540
                                    236,245,000                                                               
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,786 and 5,540
                                     239,406,000                                                              
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,816 and 5,540
                                      254,068,000                                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,540 and 5,610
                                       244,198,000                                                            
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,181 and 5,610
                                        226,780,000                                                           
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,164 and 5,610
                                         219,491,000                                                          
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,288 and 5,610
                                          208,392,000                                                         
        taxes on income
                                          1,202,000 3,889,000    11,658,000    5,545,000    3,662,000 4,632,000 394,000 3,657,000  5,555,000 13,116,000 11,070,000  4,509,000 2,622,000 1,826,000  5,252,000 5,702,000 2,311,000  5,294,000 3,571,000 4,879,000  7,395,000 7,759,000 10,335,000  9,153,000 8,321,000 11,145,000  3,122,000 67,000 4,696,000  615,000 630,000 5,784,000  1,415,000 1,424,000 5,519,000  13,250,000 1,399,000 9,203,000 
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,610 and 8,189
                                           209,514,000                                                        
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,402 and 8,189
                                            211,987,000                                                       
        insurance receivable and other noncurrent assets
                                            166,751,000                                                       
        tax liabilities
                                            12,341,000 16,253,000 13,722,000  14,424,000 18,833,000 13,264,000  4,582,000 9,042,000 3,034,000                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,525 and 8,189
                                             218,221,000                                                      
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,045 and 8,189
                                              237,478,000                                                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,189 and 7,821
                                               232,862,000                                                    
        income taxes receivable
                                               8,745,000    2,876,000    9,181,000 12,485,000 2,673,000 7,715,000  8,272,000 13,031,000 13,257,000  3,734,000 3,659,000 6,322,000  8,001,000 7,027,000 4,629,000  5,455,000 12,310,000 14,830,000                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,728 and 7,821
                                                211,709,000                                                   
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,302 and 7,821
                                                 218,833,000                                                  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,862 and 7,821
                                                  205,914,000                                                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,821 and 7,306
                                                   211,440,000                                                
        stock compensation trust
                                                     -204,000 -337,000 -1,585,000                                            
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,314 and 7,306
                                                    200,634,000                                               
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,054 and 7,306
                                                     209,064,000                                              
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,162 and 7,306
                                                      204,730,000                                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,306 and 7,402
                                                       200,364,000                                            
        current assets
                                                           82,718,000    59,938,000    59,760,000    61,983,000    50,894,000    74,981,000    61,296,000    44,797,000    76,545,000    73,244,000    
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,823 and 7,402
                                                        194,886,000                                           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 315,391 and 310,279
                                                        150,146,000                                           
        current liabilities
                                                           6,823,000    8,263,000    10,163,000    16,326,000    60,849,000    54,676,000    2,340,000    8,808,000    6,378,000    5,666,000    
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                   
        mine safety appliances company shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative—authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                        3,569,000  3,569,000  3,569,000                                       
        second cumulative preferred voting stock—authorized 1,000,000 shares of 10 par value; none issued
                                                                                                   
        stock compensation trust—327,056 and 745,430 shares
                                                        -1,707,000                                           
        treasury shares, at cost, preferred—52,878 and 52,878 shares, common—24,563,825 and 24,328,162 shares
                                                        -280,992,000                                           
        total mine safety appliances company shareholders’ equity
                                                        501,790,000 483,219,000 473,664,000  483,958,000 469,026,000 460,169,000  471,454,000 483,222,000 466,151,000  442,638,000 419,653,000 428,988,000  421,014,000 408,565,000 387,230,000                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,476 and 7,402
                                                         212,874,000                                          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 318,479 and 310,279
                                                         146,980,000                                          
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative, authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value, issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                         3,569,000    3,569,000 3,569,000                                     
        second cumulative preferred voting stock, authorized 1,000,000 shares of 10 par value, none issued
                                                                                                   
        stock compensation trust, 359,201 and 745,430 shares
                                                         -1,875,000                                          
        treasury shares, at cost, preferred—52,878 and 52,878 shares, common—24,554,473 and 24,328,162 shares
                                                         -280,528,000                                          
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,568 and 7,402
                                                          206,954,000                                         
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 315,145 and 310,279
                                                          146,296,000                                         
        stock compensation trust—523,516 and 745,430 shares
                                                          -2,733,000                                         
        treasury shares, at cost, preferred—52,878 and 52,878 shares, common—24,417,354 and 24,328,162 shares
                                                          -273,772,000                                         
        property
                                                           5,267,000    5,142,000    5,699,000    2,766,000    2,993,000    3,361,000    4,448,000    4,815,000    5,122,000    4,642,000    
        other assets
                                                           42,818,000    58,075,000    156,789,000    105,812,000    78,037,000    212,304,000    211,018,000    140,575,000    131,496,000    121,290,000    
        other liabilities
                                                           151,536,000    124,310,000    126,479,000    125,387,000    120,494,000    126,790,000    110,966,000    80,656,000    83,628,000    74,808,000    
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,439 and 7,043
                                                            214,930,000                                       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 305,243 and 311,272
                                                            146,835,000                                       
        stock compensation trust—810,466 and 1,162,784 shares
                                                            -4,231,000                                       
        treasury shares, at cost, preferred—52,878 and 52,878 shares, common—24,308,188 and 24,226,017 shares
                                                            -269,179,000                                       
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,644 and 7,043
                                                             217,291,000                                      
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 304,741 and 311,272
                                                             146,660,000                                      
        stock compensation trust, 810,566 and 1,162,784 shares
                                                             -4,231,000                                      
        treasury shares, at cost, preferred—52,878 and 52,878 shares, common—24,304,886 and 24,226,017 shares
                                                             -269,094,000                                      
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,921 and 7,043
                                                              210,337,000                                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 308,751 and 311,272
                                                              148,336,000                                     
        stock compensation trust, 900,122 and 1,162,784 shares
                                                              -4,699,000                                     
        treasury shares, at cost, preferred—52,878 and 52,878 shares, common—24,291,088 and 24,226,017 shares :
                                                              -268,540,000                                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,625 and 9,391
                                                                204,675,000                                   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 322,520 and 316,288
                                                                154,465,000                                   
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative — authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000  3,569,000                               
        second cumulative preferred voting stock — authorized 1,000,000 shares of 10 par value; none issued
                                                                                                   
        common stock — authorized 180,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 62,081,391 and 62,081,391 shares
                                                                94,628,000 92,634,000 90,674,000  80,550,000 78,387,000 75,950,000  72,825,000 71,571,000 70,480,000  68,603,000 67,453,000 65,345,000  65,858,000  61,826,000  57,490,000 57,317,000 55,220,000             
        stock compensation trust — 1,215,769 and 1,360,714 shares
                                                                -6,346,000                                   
        treasury shares, at cost:
                                                                                                   
        preferred — 52,878 and 52,878 shares
                                                                -1,753,000 -1,753,000 -1,753,000  -1,753,000 -1,753,000 -1,753,000  -1,753,000 -1,753,000 -1,753,000                         
        common — 24,221,988 and 24,200,951 shares
                                                                -264,479,000                                   
        total liabilities and equity
                                                                1,223,173,000 1,251,795,000 1,230,963,000  910,949,000 889,619,000 876,448,000   859,766,000 839,641,000                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,319 and 9,391
                                                                 215,227,000                                  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 328,081 and 316,288
                                                                 159,382,000                                  
        stock compensation trust — 1,235,559 and 1,360,714 shares
                                                                 -6,450,000                                  
        common — 24,219,660 and 24,200,951 shares
                                                                 -264,479,000                                  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,433 and 9,391
                                                                  210,073,000                                 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 325,927 and 316,288
                                                                  158,872,000                                 
        stock compensation trust — 1,265,118 and 1,360,714 shares
                                                                  -6,604,000                                 
        common — 24,216,021 and 24,200,951 shares
                                                                  -264,372,000                                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,462 and 6,866
                                                                    186,128,000                               
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 314,104 and 306,170
                                                                    141,114,000                               
        stock compensation trust — 1,711,611 and 2,174,204 shares
                                                                    -8,935,000                               
        common — 24,045,094 and 23,934,669 shares
                                                                    -259,264,000                               
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,893 and 6,866
                                                                     182,184,000                              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 302,544 and 306,170
                                                                     135,594,000                              
        preferred stock, 4 1/ 2% cumulative — authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                     3,569,000                              
        stock compensation trust — 1,811,711 and 2,174,204 shares
                                                                     -9,457,000                              
        common — 23,995,609 and 23,934,669 shares
                                                                     -258,050,000                              
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,221 and 6,866
                                                                      170,240,000                             
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 305,080 and 306,170
                                                                      140,128,000                             
        preferred stock, 4½% cumulative — authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                      3,569,000                             
        stock compensation trust — 2,039,168 and 2,174,204 shares
                                                                      -10,644,000                             
        common — 23,944,948 and 23,934,669 shares
                                                                      -256,556,000                             
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,767 and 6,050
                                                                        182,632,000                           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 304,272 and 283,602
                                                                        147,733,000                           
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 4 1/ 2% cumulative — authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value, issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                        3,569,000                           
        stock compensation trust — 2,188,221 and 2,378,462 shares
                                                                        -11,423,000                           
        common — 23,929,667 and 23,916,639 shares
                                                                        -256,184,000                           
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,627 and 6,050
                                                                         173,978,000                          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 294,716 and 283,602
                                                                         145,437,000                          
        mine safety appliances company shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative — authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value, issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                         3,569,000 3,569,000  3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000  3,569,000  3,569,000  3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000  3,569,000 3,569,000 3,569,000         
        stock compensation trust — 2,190,068 and 2,378,462 shares
                                                                         -11,432,000                          
        common — 23,928,720 and 23,916,639 shares
                                                                         -256,184,000                          
        total equity
                                                                         411,000,000 387,540,000                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,519 and 6,050
                                                                          175,231,000                         
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 284,755 and 283,602
                                                                          141,128,000                         
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                                   
        stock compensation trust — 2,220,084 and 2,378,462 shares
                                                                          -11,589,000                         
        common — 23,922,604 and 23,916,639 shares
                                                                          -256,184,000                         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,085 and 6,558
                                                                            206,088,000                       
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 282,209 and 276,583
                                                                            137,907,000                       
        total
                                                                            1,062,230,000 1,087,248,000 1,062,851,000  1,003,408,000 957,537,000 925,724,000  817,086,000 759,263,000 740,995,000  734,520,000 720,459,000 716,687,000  699,861,000 678,763,000 663,428,000  680,471,000 613,330,000 598,893,000 
        minority interests
                                                                            909,000 844,000 758,000                     
        stock compensation trust — 2,378,462 and 2,530,206 shares
                                                                            -12,417,000                       
        preferred — 52,878 and 52,841 shares
                                                                            -1,752,000                       
        common — 23,915,987 and 23,889,409 shares
                                                                            -256,065,000                       
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                            25,539,000 49,564,000 47,518,000  38,286,000 31,549,000 29,281,000  -5,006,000 -5,280,000 -7,377,000  -6,860,000 -7,914,000 -3,245,000         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,219 and 6,558
                                                                             220,800,000                      
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 290,787 and 276,583
                                                                             140,267,000                      
        stock compensation trust — 2,386,889 and 2,530,206 shares
                                                                             -12,461,000                      
        preferred — 52,853 and 52,841 shares
                                                                             -1,751,000                      
        common — 23,912,136 and 23,889,409 shares
                                                                             -255,971,000                      
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,330 and 6,558
                                                                              217,899,000                     
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 287,162 and 276,583
                                                                              136,833,000                     
        stock compensation trust — 2,459,051 and 2,530,206 shares
                                                                              -12,837,000                     
        preferred — 52,841 and 52,841 shares
                                                                              -1,750,000  -1,750,000  -1,750,000  -1,750,000 -1,750,000 -1,750,000             
        common — 23,899,129 and 23,889,409 shares
                                                                              -255,477,000                     
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,304 and 5,574
                                                                                194,761,000                   
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 270,455 and 258,310
                                                                                125,993,000                   
        stock compensation trust — 2,545,954 and 2,749,012 shares
                                                                                -13,290,000                   
        common — 23,889,066 and 23,316,963 shares
                                                                                -255,110,000                   
        deferred stock compensation
                                                                                -3,594,000 -4,066,000 -2,786,000  -2,245,000 -2,695,000 -2,791,000  -2,589,000 -2,565,000 -2,674,000  -1,484,000 -1,729,000 -1,726,000  -1,210,000 -1,407,000  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,652 and 5,574
                                                                                 191,646,000                  
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 264,198 and 258,310
                                                                                 123,463,000                  
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative—authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value, issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                                 3,569,000                  
        common stock—authorized 180,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 62,081,391 and 62,081,391 shares
                                                                                 64,093,000                  
        stock compensation trust—2,612,644 and 2,749,012 shares
                                                                                 -13,638,000                  
        preferred—52,841 and 52,841 shares
                                                                                 -1,750,000                  
        common—23,686,952 and 23,316,963 shares
                                                                                 -245,140,000                  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,660 and 5,574
                                                                                  179,925,000                 
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 263,051 and 258,310
                                                                                  121,072,000                 
        stock compensation trust — 2,671,459 and 2,749,012 shares
                                                                                  -13,945,000                 
        common — 23,486,952 and 23,316,963 shares
                                                                                  -236,588,000                 
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,954 and 6,041, respectively
                                                                                    170,084,000               
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 253,184 and 245,388, respectively
                                                                                    119,109,000               
        stock compensation trust — 2,756,487 and 3,001,125 shares
                                                                                    -14,389,000 -14,389,000              
        common — 23,116,963 and 22,534,282 shares
                                                                                    -222,214,000               
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,809 and 6,041
                                                                                     162,543,000              
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 252,816 and 245,388
                                                                                     116,432,000              
        common — 22,945,591 and 22,534,282 shares
                                                                                     -216,020,000              
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,393 and 6,041, respectively
                                                                                      170,180,000             
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 248,327 and 245,388, respectively
                                                                                      115,248,000             
        stock compensation trust — 2,864,274 and 3,001,125 shares
                                                                                      -14,952,000             
        common — 22,660,582 and 22,534,282 shares
                                                                                      -204,487,000             
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,372 and 7,548, respectively
                                                                                        156,890,000           
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 252,372 and 250,725, respectively
                                                                                        118,883,000           
        common stock — authorized 180,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 62,081,391 and 61,740,327 shares
                                                                                        45,355,000 44,753,000          
        stock compensation trust — 3,026,518 and 3,146,222 shares
                                                                                        -15,798,000           
        preferred — 52,841 and 52,736 shares
                                                                                        -1,750,000           
        common — 22,426,719 and 21,252,719 shares
                                                                                        -195,600,000           
        trade receivables, less allowance of 6,783 and 7,548, respectively
                                                                                         158,925,000          
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 248,756 and 250,725, respectively
                                                                                         118,213,000          
        stock compensation trust — 3,056,429 and 3,146,222 shares
                                                                                         -15,955,000          
        preferred — 52,808 and 52,736 shares
                                                                                         -1,749,000          
        common — 22,424,219 and 21,252,719 shares
                                                                                         -195,500,000          
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,382 and 7,548, respectively
                                                                                          168,501,000         
        property, less accumulated depreciation of 251,590 and 250,725, respectively
                                                                                          119,298,000         
        common stock — authorized 180,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 61,839,525 and 61,740,327 shares
                                                                                          42,129,000         
        stock compensation trust — 3,061,667 and 3,146,222 shares
                                                                                          -15,994,000         
        preferred — 52,736 and 52,736 shares
                                                                                          -1,746,000         
        common — 22,366,443 and 21,252,719 shares
                                                                                          -192,928,000         
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,917 and 6,418
                                                                                            160,565,000       
        inventories:
                                                                                                   
        finished products
                                                                                            43,097,000 41,476,000 39,305,000  44,536,000 34,930,000 30,017,000 
        work in process
                                                                                            23,481,000 19,489,000 19,161,000  18,204,000 19,762,000 15,442,000 
        raw materials and supplies
                                                                                            45,818,000 44,136,000 39,307,000  26,365,000 32,059,000 33,186,000 
        total inventories
                                                                                            112,396,000 105,101,000 97,773,000  89,105,000 86,751,000 78,645,000 
        assets held for sale
                                                                                                4,919,000 42,218,000 42,379,000 
        accumulated depreciation
                                                                                            -241,102,000 -237,104,000      
        net property
                                                                                            120,936,000 118,872,000 120,069,000  115,853,000 125,994,000 124,879,000 
        preferred stock, 4-1/2% cumulative — authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                                            3,569,000       
        common stock — authorized 180,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 61,740,327 and 61,740,327 shares
                                                                                            33,956,000       
        stock compensation trust — 3,270,565 and 3,711,231 shares
                                                                                            -17,085,000       
        treasury stock
                                                                                                   
        preferred — 52,736 and 51,554 shares
                                                                                            -1,746,000       
        common — 21,226,027 and 21,101,112 shares
                                                                                            -140,374,000       
        earnings retained in the business
                                                                                            480,031,000 464,633,000 450,232,000  477,707,000 455,626,000  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,539 and 6,418
                                                                                             148,343,000      
        preferred stock, 4 1/2% cumulative - authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                                             3,569,000 3,569,000     
        second cumulative preferred voting stock - authorized 1,000,000 shares of 10 par value; none issued
                                                                                                   
        common stock - authorized 180,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 61,740,327 and 61,740,327 shares
                                                                                             32,645,000 32,245,000     
        stock compensation trust - 3,549,719 and 3,711,231 shares
                                                                                             -18,542,000      
        preferred - 51,736 and 51,554 shares
                                                                                             -1,698,000      
        common - 21,130,268 and 21,101,112 shares
                                                                                             -136,296,000      
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,597 and 6,418
                                                                                              82,101,000     
        other receivables
                                                                                              55,388,000  40,702,000 38,628,000 36,189,000 
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                                                              -235,770,000  -236,160,000 -239,239,000 -229,418,000 
        insurance
                                                                                              15,399,000  12,544,000 8,396,000 8,033,000 
        stock compensation trust - 3,627,505 and 3,711,231 shares
                                                                                              -18,948,000     
        less treasury shares, at cost:
                                                                                                   
        preferred - 51,554 and 51,554 shares
                                                                                              -1,690,000     
        common - 21,118,808 and 21,101,112 shares
                                                                                              -135,926,000     
        accumulated other comprehensive
                                                                                              -5,878,000  -12,775,000 -13,685,000  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,912 and 4,134
                                                                                                82,151,000   
        preferred stock, 4-1/2% cumulative—authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                                                3,569,000   
        second cumulative preferred voting stock—authorized 1,000,000 shares of 10 par value; none issued common stock—authorized 60,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 20,580,109 and 20,580,109
                                                                                                29,773,000   
        stock compensation trust—1,293,794 and 1,384,629 shares
                                                                                                -20,274,000   
        preferred—51,554 and 50,313 shares
                                                                                                -1,690,000   
        common—7,019,491 and 6,988,451 shares
                                                                                                -134,549,000   
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 5,345 and 4,134
                                                                                                 83,990,000  
        preferred stock, 4-1/2% cumulative - authorized 100,000 shares of 50 par value; issued 71,373 and 71,373 shares, callable at 52.50 per share
                                                                                                 3,569,000  
        common stock - authorized 60,000,000 shares of no par value; issued 20,580,109 and 20,580,109
                                                                                                 29,271,000  
        stock compensation trust - 1,336,220 and 1,384,629 shares
                                                                                                 -20,939,000  
        preferred - 50,313 and 50,313 shares
                                                                                                 -1,629,000  
        common - 7,007,798 and 6,988,451 shares
                                                                                                 -133,908,000  
        trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,496 and 4,134
                                                                                                  82,911,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 
                                                                                                     
          operating activities
                                                                                                     
          net income
        71,269,000 86,933,000 69,613,000 62,773,000 59,605,000 87,946,000 66,648,000 72,234,000 58,139,000 76,410,000 65,256,000 67,090,000 -150,173,000 51,489,000 44,906,000 47,693,000 35,542,000 -59,022,000 18,823,000 25,387,000 36,600,000 12,731,000 28,222,000 36,407,000 43,802,000 31,549,000 42,612,000 40,112,000 23,376,000 25,142,000 34,063,000 33,421,000 32,489,000 -32,574,000 32,226,000 12,614,000 14,690,000 24,836,000 25,022,000 31,931,000 12,073,000 19,063,000 15,586,000 23,845,000 9,450,000 32,310,000 19,205,000 22,495,000 13,917,000 25,086,000 19,177,000 24,391,000 19,395,000 19,510,000 19,650,000 28,279,000 24,322,000 16,887,000 20,181,000 19,481,000 13,496,000 12,020,000 9,985,000 11,934,000 5,120,000     16,498,000 17,943,000 19,954,000 16,027,000 17,457,000 16,735,000 17,328,000 16,068,000 19,498,000 12,601,000 16,081,000 15,738,000 24,177,000 17,052,000 19,201,000 21,353,000 17,680,000 19,111,000 18,118,000 16,138,000 15,249,000 24,540,000 13,465,000 12,013,000 
          depreciation and amortization
        18,352,000 18,656,000 18,585,000 18,099,000 16,251,000 16,770,000 15,958,000 16,046,000 15,559,000 15,808,000 15,504,000 14,889,000 14,572,000 14,434,000 13,796,000 13,922,000 14,165,000 14,047,000 14,182,000 11,584,000 10,504,000 10,390,000 9,856,000 9,788,000 9,640,000 9,681,000 9,547,000 9,466,000 9,326,000 9,267,000 9,378,000 9,536,000 9,671,000 10,212,000 9,929,000 8,984,000 8,752,000 8,622,000 8,919,000 8,576,000 9,156,000 9,038,000 6,982,000 8,727,000 6,937,000 7,610,000 7,196,000 7,656,000 7,459,000 7,372,000 7,615,000 7,932,000 7,845,000 7,645,000 8,146,000 7,925,000 7,986,000 7,980,000 8,158,000 8,303,000 8,425,000 8,651,000 6,815,000 6,766,000 6,960,000 7,080,000 6,851,000 6,677,000 6,754,000 6,539,000 7,251,000 7,088,000 6,769,000 6,750,000 5,528,000 6,130,000 5,955,000 6,339,000 5,357,000 4,321,000 6,130,000 5,301,000 6,269,000 6,289,000 6,486,000 7,268,000 6,647,000 5,761,000 5,820,000 6,636,000 5,522,000 5,657,000 5,393,000 
          stock-based compensation
        3,812,000 3,847,000 3,351,000 5,370,000 2,629,000 4,739,000 4,217,000 5,042,000 4,187,000 8,517,000 8,477,000 6,759,000 6,270,000 8,325,000 2,967,000 4,628,000 3,730,000 5,346,000 2,867,000 7,402,000 3,293,000 3,878,000 -1,310,000 830,000 3,522,000 3,630,000 4,044,000 3,341,000 2,745,000 2,644,000 1,903,000 2,086,000 5,606,000 2,090,000 1,435,000 1,908,000 6,325,000 919,000 1,341,000 1,453,000 5,498,000 668,000 144,000 1,806,000 4,981,000 1,166,000 1,077,000 1,645,000 5,165,000 1,190,000 1,198,000 2,754,000 5,195,000 3,112,000 1,603,000 2,377,000 2,918,000 1,476,000 1,613,000 1,957,000 2,686,000 1,460,000 1,471,000 1,902,000 2,502,000 1,238,000 1,248,000 1,232,000 2,142,000 1,012,000 1,000,000 1,226,000 2,218,000 744,000 736,000 934,000 2,377,000 569,000 564,000 595,000 2,206,000             
          pension income
        -4,378,000 -3,295,000 -3,764,000 -3,069,000 -3,848,000 -2,831,000 -2,208,000 -900,000 -2,208,000  -2,020,000 -2,020,000 -2,020,000                                                                                 
          deferred income tax benefit
         -4,655,000 -224,000 -83,000  298,000 -36,000 -2,190,000 -7,983,000 -138,000 -156,000 -237,000 7,622,000 -925,000 -954,000 -572,000  -3,217,000 -2,853,000 -595,000          -2,526,000    1,135,000                        332,000 444,000 -2,101,000    -1,519,000  -907,000 -113,000 -251,000                         
          loss on asset dispositions
        160,000  97,000 884,000 8,000  207,000 701,000 51,000  42,000 -1,452,000 739,000   120,000 4,000  375,000 29,000 19,000  62,000 5,000 122,000  38,000 208,000 25,000 68,000 -732,000 1,131,000 17,000 492,000 17,000 16,000 32,000                                                         
          pension contributions
        -2,229,000 -1,372,000 -1,927,000 -1,897,000 -1,832,000 -3,929,000 -1,316,000 -1,316,000 -1,316,000 -943,000 -182,000 -2,046,000 -2,046,000 711,000 -1,914,000 -1,915,000 -1,914,000 225,000 -1,923,000 -1,922,000 -1,923,000 76,000 -1,891,000 -1,890,000 -1,891,000 -237,000 -1,766,000 -1,767,000 -1,767,000 -989,000 -1,243,000 -1,243,000 -1,243,000 331,000 -1,475,000 -1,475,000 -1,475,000                                                         
          currency exchange losses
        199,000 2,564,000 3,874,000 5,287,000 4,076,000 -1,077,000 2,985,000 -603,000 2,333,000 8,298,000 1,496,000 3,110,000 4,175,000 5,467,000 2,979,000 -1,462,000 3,271,000 575,000 100,000 1,640,000 -2,099,000 4,757,000 2,758,000 793,000 270,000 2,476,000 -913,000 1,290,000 16,961,000 -241,000 -252,000 815,000 2,008,000 1,133,000 563,000 2,851,000 580,000 -1,731,000 790,000 -242,000 1,968,000 -1,178,000   -2,379,000 1,098,000 321,000 -371,000 345,000 1,282,000 1,733,000 993,000 1,119,000 1,306,000 617,000 -1,192,000 2,420,000 1,525,000 431,000 -111,000 666,000      42,000 579,000 -926,000  -879,000 -76,000 4,094,000                     
          changes in:
                                                                                                     
          trade receivables
        -19,120,000 2,706,000 29,192,000 -23,343,000 -13,727,000 -9,348,000 23,763,000 -27,930,000 12,132,000 347,000 2,961,000 -32,072,000 21,662,000 -40,545,000 14,463,000 -25,870,000 13,365,000 -35,793,000 12,919,000 -536,000 27,784,000 -16,067,000 14,458,000 24,625,000 -15,339,000 -3,441,000 3,775,000 -1,469,000 -7,720,000 -10,673,000 2,495,000 4,961,000 -6,858,000 -16,492,000 13,818,000 -7,708,000 3,998,000              19,893,000 -8,853,000 -17,895,000 24,418,000 3,893,000 -11,246,000 -14,719,000 10,922,000 655,000 -3,089,000 -8,705,000 1,592,000 4,193,000 -17,191,000 1,215,000 9,181,000 -5,093,000 8,917,000 20,045,000 -151,000 3,987,000 -2,100,000 -8,643,000                     
          inventories
        -8,689,000 12,618,000 -11,935,000 -6,725,000 -4,422,000 44,858,000 -26,733,000 -17,852,000 -14,946,000 36,199,000 9,490,000 13,300,000 -7,404,000 19,233,000 -16,873,000 -28,910,000 -40,816,000 14,938,000 -11,334,000 -10,650,000 -10,781,000 61,547,000 -23,262,000 -27,898,000 -18,988,000 10,750,000 -8,575,000 -9,294,000 -16,127,000 25,345,000 -7,210,000 -14,744,000 -14,513,000 6,531,000 -14,614,000 -9,743,000 -12,537,000              -8,334,000 -2,114,000 -1,873,000 7,323,000 2,268,000 -1,422,000 -5,492,000 11,865,000 -3,238,000 -7,079,000 -2,778,000 7,097,000 -1,995,000 -8,918,000 -6,928,000 16,433,000 9,527,000 18,311,000 2,834,000 10,615,000 -7,667,000 -3,782,000 -18,648,000 373,000 -1,977,000 418,000 -7,099,000         -5,862,000        
          accounts payable
        7,457,000 -10,122,000 -7,450,000 4,414,000 8,502,000 -14,252,000 -3,671,000 14,805,000 6,175,000 -1,227,000 2,531,000 564,000 -7,320,000 4,956,000 -4,477,000 5,698,000 1,408,000 14,154,000 708,000 -2,095,000 532,000                                                                         
          other current assets and liabilities
        7,485,000 15,967,000 11,773,000 4,342,000 -5,173,000 -14,901,000 923,000 -8,781,000 -26,328,000 26,991,000 20,575,000 23,984,000 -18,041,000 -2,065,000 3,860,000 3,268,000 -6,858,000 3,233,000 4,093,000 7,463,000 -13,966,000                                                                         
          other noncurrent assets and liabilities
        1,369,000 -1,912,000 1,053,000 1,307,000 -153,000 -1,757,000 3,261,000 1,892,000 -702,000 -2,492,000 792,000 3,118,000 769,000 2,770,000 -1,071,000 815,000 971,000 -10,236,000 -2,655,000 498,000 -362,000 -1,043,000 527,000 13,000 -594,000 -8,428,000 151,000 -1,599,000 79,000 2,383,000 -13,076,000 2,884,000 2,031,000 4,522,000 6,545,000 -11,970,000 81,751,000 12,755,000 16,085,000 -8,925,000 -7,369,000 -6,864,000 6,130,000 -19,897,000 -25,228,000 -25,629,000 -4,616,000 -1,463,000 -21,774,000 5,719,000 -444,000 -2,567,000 -20,870,000 -3,548,000 -5,289,000 -2,960,000 -2,307,000 140,000 -8,523,000 -8,660,000 -7,087,000 -5,919,000 -2,419,000 -10,316,000 -13,839,000 10,578,000 -4,095,000 -7,193,000 -10,475,000 -9,289,000 -1,946,000 -5,719,000 -8,470,000 -1,813,000 -9,194,000 -9,259,000 -1,357,000                 
          cash flow from operating activities
        75,687,000 122,354,000 112,462,000 67,218,000 61,833,000 107,908,000 84,332,000 53,302,000 50,886,000     53,552,000 63,927,000 15,453,000 24,523,000 69,002,000 46,229,000 38,298,000 45,616,000 96,400,000 27,124,000 69,424,000 13,607,000 76,712,000 50,705,000 36,328,000 1,217,000 77,690,000 120,815,000 48,029,000 17,353,000 41,090,000 42,964,000 49,892,000 96,390,000 103,457,000 18,915,000   45,424,000 2,117,000 24,376,000 -16,663,000 56,229,000 35,492,000 5,913,000 9,397,000 46,075,000 42,929,000 15,721,000 6,056,000 61,442,000 24,005,000 31,597,000 33,432,000 46,852,000 19,726,000 8,037,000 10,643,000 30,041,000 13,564,000 -5,604,000 -6,395,000 33,705,000 32,376,000 32,269,000 22,496,000 38,531,000 12,762,000 14,569,000 -6,077,000 6,885,000 16,921,000 339,000 17,200,000 40,943,000 -1,196,000 2,413,000 20,683,000 26,703,000 33,248,000 8,424,000 17,629,000 29,622,000 11,923,000 1,901,000 10,396,000 9,940,000 23,889,000 5,719,000 992,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                                     
          capital expenditures
        -10,587,000 -16,334,000 -11,986,000 -29,334,000 -10,784,000 -14,409,000 -14,254,000 -14,341,000 -11,219,000 -11,785,000 -12,657,000 -9,920,000 -8,402,000 -13,800,000 -8,948,000 -11,829,000 -7,976,000 -12,874,000 -10,675,000 -10,706,000 -9,582,000 -16,207,000 -12,864,000 -13,272,000 -6,562,000 -13,081,000 -9,998,000 -8,628,000 -4,897,000 -15,340,000 -9,808,000 -5,571,000 -3,241,000 -11,995,000 -5,603,000 -4,685,000 -1,442,000 -9,377,000 -5,551,000 -4,776,000 -5,819,000 -11,093,000 -9,133,000 -8,546,000 -7,469,000 -9,350,000 -9,705,000 -7,324,000 -7,204,000 -10,303,000 -9,258,000 -9,504,000 -7,452,000 -7,260,000 -7,135,000 -9,770,000 -8,044,000                                     
          property disposals and other investing
        34,000 60,000 1,000 18,000 378,000 16,000   121,000 16,000 2,639,000 35,000 -1,427,000    -37,000               58,000 103,000 52,000 512,000 165,000  967,000 1,257,000 15,708,000         1,247,000 39,000 47,000                                         
          cash flow used in investing activities
        -10,553,000 -17,775,000 -11,986,000 -217,107,000 -10,766,000 -14,031,000 -14,238,000 -14,267,000 -11,219,000 -11,664,000 -12,641,000   -89,000 1,203,000   -12,886,000 -344,412,000 -5,666,000 -52,509,000 -21,068,000 -22,548,000 -3,071,000 -26,082,000  -9,843,000 -40,116,000 -23,826,000  -65,956,000 -2,570,000 -3,183,000                                                             
          financing activities
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from long-term debt
        296,000,000 306,986,000 236,026,000 354,686,000 246,000,000 280,999,000 270,644,000 272,000,000 326,000,000 388,000,000 399,000,000 307,000,000 801,000,000 212,000,000 226,000,000 309,000,000 263,000,000 297,999,000 736,001,000 235,716,000 370,017,000 208,000,000 198,000,000 203,000,000 378,000,000 243,000,000 246,000,000 242,000,000 133,000,000 122,000,000 92,000,000 111,000,000 137,500,000 145,500,000 309,000,000 81,000,000 101,500,000 50,000,000 98,000,000 64,400,000 170,264,000 142,456,000 177,000,000 93,000,000 98,000,000 50,000,000 53,000,000 84,000,000 219,000,000 62,000,000 58,000,000 71,000,000 104,100,000 46,000,000 58,000,000 44,000,000 35,500,000 70,500,000 51,000,000 30,000,000 12,500,000                                 
          payments on long-term debt
        -262,240,000 -355,000,000 -285,918,000 -182,000,000 -253,466,000 -324,250,000 -308,387,000 -280,250,000 -331,010,000 -532,750,000 -467,250,000 -365,514,000 -505,588,000 -252,000,000 -236,000,000 -277,000,000 -258,000,000 -313,682,000 -454,146,000 -260,729,000 -318,000,000 -247,000,000 -194,000,000 -240,000,000 -350,000,000 -272,500,000 -270,000,000 -219,000,000 -119,000,000 -149,000,000 -130,167,000 -144,000,000 -147,000,000 -144,167,000 -108,300,000 -109,181,000 -198,119,000            -203,000,000 -83,666,000 -69,000,000 -56,000,000 -98,100,000 -71,000,000 -56,000,000 -62,000,000 -57,500,000 -113,500,000 -58,000,000   -30,000,000          -1,831,000   -8,121,000                
          cash dividends paid
        -20,561,000 -20,706,000 -20,757,000 -20,848,000 -20,033,000 -20,089,000 -20,081,000 -20,099,000 -18,490,000 -18,489,000 -18,485,000 -18,469,000 -18,045,000 -18,050,000 -18,046,000 -18,109,000 -17,292,000 -17,264,000 -17,255,000 -17,247,000 -16,820,000 -16,767,000 -16,759,000 -16,721,000 -16,331,000 -16,308,000 -16,281,000 -16,282,000 -14,652,000 -14,643,000 -14,624,000 -14,591,000 -13,390,000 -13,337,000 -13,376,000 -13,369,000 -12,455,000 -12,399,000 -12,391,000 -12,348,000 -11,936,000 -11,932,000 -11,926,000 -11,969,000 -11,553,000 -11,543,000 -11,542,000 -11,320,000 -11,181,000 -11,300,000 -11,161,000 -11,161,000 -10,372,000 -20,729,000 -10,361,000 -10,350,000 -9,550,000 -9,531,000 -9,535,000 -9,533,000 -9,142,000 -9,132,000 -9,074,000 -9,079,000 -8,643,000 -8,643,000 -8,641,000 -8,643,000 -8,597,000                         
          company stock purchases
        -60,444,000 -39,937,000 -1,150,000 -30,532,000 -18,343,000 -9,913,000 -10,598,000 -10,991,000 -5,838,000 -20,000 -70,000 -184,000 -3,687,000 -29,000 -2,209,000 -28,497,000 -3,659,000 -34,000 -626,000 -163,000 -5,348,000 -453,000 -437,000 -524,000 -27,730,000 -1,588,000 -93,000 -3,521,000 -7,446,000 -525,000 -464,000 -1,162,000 -2,673,000 -857,000 -11,872,000 -973,000 -3,811,000 -237,000 -54,000 -1,590,000 345,000 -221,000 -7,253,000 -2,756,000 -258,000 -621,000 122,000 -4,897,000 -532,000 -465,000 -6,755,000 -4,033,000 -560,000 -85,000 -555,000 -2,308,000 2,000 -2,000 -106,000 -518,000 -4,591,000 -1,215,000 -1,493,000 -273,000 -99,000 -107,000 -13,000 -95,000 -494,000 -381,000 14,000 -9,970,000 -8,552,000 -7,039,000 -7,296,000 -6,139,000 -11,533,000 -4,925,000 -3,957,000 -101,000 -2,575,000 -51,379,000 -1,175,000 -4,126,000 -378,000 -443,000 -897,000   -264,000 
          exercise of stock options
        22,000 58,000 14,000 267,000 230,000 7,000 168,000 73,000 253,000 33,000 898,000 538,000 4,000 487,000 3,865,000 247,000 51,000 3,099,000 510,000 371,000 1,790,000 5,477,000 3,229,000 1,007,000 2,733,000 3,310,000 929,000 1,767,000 1,465,000 2,419,000 1,861,000 3,445,000 848,000 6,073,000 335,000 5,790,000 6,267,000 6,371,000 1,718,000 1,684,000 2,703,000 599,000 137,000 35,000 1,159,000 452,000 2,239,000 970,000 3,265,000 505,000 781,000 5,441,000 2,916,000 1,290,000 1,627,000 1,389,000 564,000 484,000 202,000 66,000 4,760,000 1,214,000 1,766,000 69,000 171,000 14,000   1,000 153,000 490,000 111,000 187,000 1,089,000 146,000 712,000 172,000                
          cash flow used in financing activities
        -47,223,000    -45,612,000                 -50,386,000 -9,967,000 -52,848,000 -13,328,000  -39,572,000 5,281,000 -6,542,000   -44,912,000 -24,616,000                                                             
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -2,568,000 -1,875,000 -5,690,000 6,949,000 743,000 -11,233,000 4,495,000 -1,881,000 -8,676,000 -2,519,000 -8,501,000 -3,364,000 -2,287,000 6,867,000 -13,024,000 -7,113,000 -3,361,000 -3,016,000 -3,270,000 -187,000 -720,000 2,902,000 1,986,000 102,000 -3,756,000 1,136,000 -4,393,000 2,236,000 -3,221,000 -3,556,000 -1,822,000 -9,493,000 1,363,000                                                             
          change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        15,343,000 -4,935,000 22,981,000 -23,349,000 6,198,000 10,127,000                                                                                        
          beginning cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        165,992,000 165,097,000 148,408,000 164,428,000 141,438,000 161,034,000 152,543,000 140,604,000 137,889,000                                                             
          ending cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        181,335,000 -4,935,000 22,981,000 -23,349,000 171,295,000 10,127,000 6,135,000 -1,479,000 150,314,000 -18,029,000 17,560,000 8,241,000 140,636,000 3,143,000 25,716,000 -12,182,000 147,751,000 23,595,000 -56,568,000 -10,649,000 185,060,000 27,848,000 -3,405,000 13,607,000 122,984,000 43,685,000 -3,103,000 3,729,000 108,232,000 22,034,000 -1,290,000 -8,946,000 128,806,000                                                             
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents
        180,158,000 -4,931,000 23,010,000 -23,629,000 170,617,000 10,189,000 7,541,000 -1,499,000 148,329,000 -18,057,000 17,602,000 7,991,000 138,906,000 3,289,000 25,566,000 -13,253,000 147,300,000 23,593,000 -56,776,000 -10,650,000 184,728,000 27,842,000 -3,408,000 13,609,000 122,629,000 43,714,000 -3,030,000 3,843,000 107,668,000 21,934,000 1,511,000 -8,233,000 124,883,000                                                             
          restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other current assets
        1,177,000 -4,000 -29,000 280,000 678,000 -62,000 -1,406,000 20,000 1,985,000 28,000 -42,000 250,000 1,730,000 -146,000 150,000 1,071,000 451,000 2,000 208,000 1,000 332,000 6,000 3,000 -2,000 355,000 -29,000 -73,000 -114,000 564,000 100,000 -2,801,000 -713,000 3,923,000                                                             
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        181,335,000 -4,935,000 22,981,000 -23,349,000 171,295,000 10,127,000 6,135,000 -1,479,000 150,314,000 -18,029,000 17,560,000 8,241,000 140,636,000 3,143,000 25,716,000 -12,182,000 147,751,000 23,595,000 -56,568,000 -10,649,000 185,060,000 27,848,000 -3,405,000 13,607,000 122,984,000 43,685,000 -3,103,000 3,729,000 108,232,000 22,034,000 -1,290,000 -8,946,000 128,806,000                                                             
          tax-effected loss on divestiture of msa llc
                 199,578,000                                                                                 
          loss on asset write-down and dispositions
                     1,514,000                                                                                
          product liability expense
                 3,000 10,857,000 4,035,000 2,926,000 2,772,000 160,029,000 10,688,000 11,751,000 2,796,000 34,158,000 2,076,000 851,000 1,951,000 18,464,000 1,730,000 3,529,000 2,896,000                                                                 
          product liability payments
                 -5,250,000 -27,679,000 -5,423,000 -1,895,000 -1,758,000 -7,049,000 -9,925,000 -15,103,000 -7,471,000 -17,079,000 -1,976,000 -2,344,000 -2,328,000 -10,653,000 -9,681,000 -14,167,000 -20,003,000 -17,459,000                                                                
          contribution on divestiture of msa llc
                 -341,186,000                                                                                 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
         -1,501,000                                                                                           
          debt issuance costs
         -20,000      -175,000 -50,000 -913,000     -26,000 -586,000                                                                          
          employee stock purchase plan
         960,000   729,000   466,000   405,000   403,000   357,000   297,000   276,000   250,000   319,000   258,000                                                   
          interest paid in cash
                                                                                                     
          income tax paid in cash
                                                                                                     
          cash flow from financing activities
          -71,805,000       -162,760,000 -86,082,000 -76,182,000 272,771,000     -29,505,000   31,639,000             -9,535,000       3,253,000 64,750,000 113,076,000 -22,142,000 9,265,000 -37,259,000 -20,616,000 -4,813,000 4,570,000 -34,649,000 -21,593,000 1,934,000 -3,932,000 -44,082,000 -8,283,000 -27,807,000 -30,349,000 -51,330,000 -15,690,000 -6,886,000 2,626,000 248,451,000 -22,330,000 11,086,000 9,395,000 -30,362,000 -31,689,000 -16,259,000 -13,636,000 -22,071,000 -13,701,000 -6,763,000 5,907,000 -9,883,000 -1,398,000 6,210,000 -4,718,000 -14,060,000 26,474,000 -5,947,000 -5,076,000 -40,580,000 -9,463,000 1,686,000 -29,594,000 -7,564,000 -5,748,000 -3,736,000 -2,379,000 -59,905,000   -5,734,000 
          deferred income tax provision
                             -2,010,000   -546,000 848,000 -425,000 -985,000 1,834,000    -600,000    171,000 14,577,000 1,047,000 -312,000 -919,000 -2,148,000 445,000 -356,000 360,000    -344,000 -2,432,000 -259,000 -567,000 24,000 -786,000 726,000 -258,000 531,000                                     
          collections on insurance receivable and notes receivable, insurance companies
                                                                                                     
          purchase of short-term investments
                     -9,862,000 -14,887,000 -34,820,000 -19,973,000 -24,975,000 -33,983,000 -29,985,000 -44,970,000 -24,981,000 -54,935,000 -49,790,000 -69,612,000 -19,886,000 -62,099,000 -34,719,000 -52,541,000 -15,932,000                                                                
          proceeds from maturities of short-term investments
                     25,000,000 25,000,000 40,000,000 29,000,000 25,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 65,000,000 20,000,000 45,000,000 60,000,000 50,000,000 42,500,000 62,212,000 36,358,000 33,600,000                                                                 
          cash flow (used in) from financing activities
              -68,454,000 -38,633,000 -29,085,000        -15,900,000                    -106,046,000 -81,587,000                                                        
          increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
               -1,479,000 1,906,000 -18,029,000   -23,792,000 3,143,000 25,716,000 -12,182,000 6,313,000   -10,649,000 24,026,000                                                                         
          pension expense (note 15) and other charges
                                  245,000                                                                   
          acquisition of noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries
                                                                                                     
          distribution to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                     
          collections on insurance receivables and notes receivable, insurance companies
                      5,604,000 41,000 3,865,000  9,368,000 4,304,000 1,765,000  5,108,000 2,736,000 3,000,000  7,435,000 3,167,000 8,122,000                                                                 
          cash flow (used in) from operating activities
                  124,784,000 95,068,000 -285,909,000                                                                                 
          decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                              -3,405,000 13,607,000 -29,559,000  -3,103,000 3,729,000 -32,372,000    -9,083,000                                                             
          cash flow (used in) from investing activities
                    -8,367,000                       -4,173,000 -1,277,000                                                         
          pension expense
                      -2,652,000 -2,652,000 -2,652,000  1,160,000 1,399,000 -480,000  2,217,000 2,214,000 2,216,000    48,000 1,437,000 1,488,000 1,488,000 1,488,000 1,835,000 1,769,000 1,769,000 1,769,000                                                         
          acquisition of noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
                                                                                                     
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                             -249,000           -281,000 -275,000                                         
          *prior period has been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in the company's fiscal 2021 annual report on form 10-k.
                                                                                                     
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
                          -329,445,000 -62,992,000           -2,318,000    -188,000                                                        
          cash flow from investing activities
                        1,051,000                       -3,519,000 9,889,000   -577,000 -7,469,000 -6,465,000 -9,705,000 -7,324,000 -7,204,000 -10,276,000 -8,011,000 -9,465,000 -7,405,000 -9,137,000 -7,055,000 6,856,000 -7,949,000 6,149,000 -5,047,000 -5,451,000 -7,354,000 -266,360,000 -7,826,000 -5,155,000 -2,234,000 -157,000 -6,243,000 -5,957,000 -8,419,000 -13,040,000 -12,602,000 -8,412,000 -10,319,000 -7,138,000 4,758,000 -8,059,000 -11,525,000 -6,236,000 -25,671,000 -4,075,000 -14,166,000 -6,221,000 -19,964,000 -6,955,000 -4,159,000 -10,206,000 -6,085,000 -9,443,000 -7,104,000 17,315,000   -4,272,000 
          losses on asset dispositions
                                                                                                     
          payments on short-term debt
                                  -127,000 -27,000 91,000                                                                 
          *year ended december 31, 2020 and 2019 have been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in notes 1 and 4.
                                                                                                     
          property disposals
                           25,000 35,000  251,000 -9,000 92,000  42,000 69,000 12,000  942,000                       3,392,000 80,000    2,256,000   5,535,000 26,000 68,000 70,000 4,840,000 23,000 17,000 204,000 316,000 615,000   3,816,000 13,921,000 637,000 38,000 1,083,000 1,055,000 1,506,000 243,000 216,000 121,000 31,000 952,000 711,000 64,000 41,000 67,000 23,352,000 27,000 118,000 24,000 
          pension expense (note 14) and other charges
                                                                                                     
          loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                                    
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                             -1,188,000 2,751,000 -6,028,000 -4,396,000 9,933,000 -7,266,000 4,566,000 -8,055,000  -28,992,000 -1,687,000 13,921,000                                    7,402,000                         
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                             2,759,000 -11,871,000 29,487,000 -6,834,000 9,448,000 9,754,000 -2,878,000 -10,523,000 -14,480,000 58,564,000 3,389,000 -29,488,000 -3,328,000 -8,505,000 12,546,000 -20,137,000              15,331,000 -16,331,000 10,061,000 3,405,000 -13,862,000 15,428,000 12,805,000 -2,425,000 4,742,000 -3,314,000 -33,000 6,606,000 -5,084,000 14,711,000 -3,188,000 4,874,000 7,769,000 -6,479,000 -16,740,000 -8,270,000 12,223,000 7,180,000 1,283,000 -375,000 15,008,000 1,274,000 5,686,000         -4,541,000        
          other
                                              2,861,000 3,900,000 -7,731,000 2,381,000 -1,336,000 -2,906,000 -3,175,000 505,000 408,000 2,697,000 1,804,000 946,000 -1,061,000 3,238,000 -818,000 -171,000 -1,146,000 -1,816,000 -643,000 558,000 78,000 14,000 -32,000 -2,158,000 -1,790,000 3,926,000 -481,000 -2,070,000 -123,000 2,017,000 -1,741,000 -468,000 397,000 -1,483,000 927,000 -327,000 879,000                 
          deferred income
                                                                                                     
          restructuring charges
                                                                                                    
          cash flow (used in) investing activities
                                             -9,283,000                                                        
          other operating expense
                                     19,858,000 14,627,000 8,018,000 2,824,000 93,476,000 3,346,000                                                           
          income taxes receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                         -5,408,000 -3,225,000 21,386,000 1,087,000              -16,678,000 6,648,000 1,854,000 -3,747,000 6,315,000 2,259,000 6,536,000 -8,101,000 -603,000 962,000 7,283,000 -2,060,000 -570,000 1,126,000 8,144,000 -20,470,000 8,595,000                           
          proceeds from short-term debt
                                       116,000 99,000   -22,000 182,000  -81,000 30,000 126,000          79,000 -977,000 1,182,000  163,000    361,000                16,657,000 22,266,000 7,736,000                 
          asset impairment charges
                                                 2,316,000 192,000                                                   
          restricted cash
                                         -3,010,000 83,000 -1,000 390,000 201,000 -129,000 1,278,000 155,000 -14,000 -58,000 306,000 30,000 -413,000 182,000 317,000                                             
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                         4,714,000 -1,719,000 1,689,000 1,601,000 -4,861,000 -1,431,000 -1,009,000 3,840,000  -4,851,000 176,000 -4,830,000 -3,862,000 -3,999,000 195,000 -816,000 -895,000 272,000 -2,570,000 -644,000             216,000 1,470,000                           
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                         22,059,000 -3,176,000   7,726,000   5,976,000 -83,418,000   -19,697,000 8,643,000   5,947,000 255,000 13,597,000   8,262,000 9,394,000 8,414,000 -3,290,000   -3,211,000 7,227,000 12,347,000 -12,728,000   3,402,000 -4,086,000   1,017,000 -17,132,000 -209,000 -7,763,000 -8,894,000 22,171,000 -838,000 1,246,000    2,199,000    -17,099,000 14,335,000   673,000 -28,445,000    
          beginning cash and cash equivalents
                                         113,759,000 105,925,000 105,998,000 96,265,000 82,718,000 59,938,000 59,760,000 61,983,000 50,894,000 74,981,000 61,296,000 44,797,000 76,545,000 73,244,000 36,477,000 
          ending cash and cash equivalents
                                         22,059,000 -3,176,000 10,934,000 104,427,000 7,726,000 2,884,000 -8,752,000 111,901,000 -83,418,000 101,209,000 1,833,000 86,301,000 8,643,000 1,172,000 -6,029,000 102,212,000 255,000 13,597,000 5,620,000 76,793,000 8,262,000 9,394,000 8,414,000 56,648,000 1,116,000 -4,954,000 -3,211,000 66,987,000 12,347,000 -12,728,000 -1,755,000 61,896,000 3,402,000 -4,086,000 13,007,000 49,660,000 1,017,000 -17,132,000 -209,000 67,218,000 -8,894,000 22,171,000 -838,000 62,542,000 21,624,000 -294,000 -7,030,000 46,996,000 -20,795,000 4,078,000 2,068,000 59,446,000 14,335,000 524,000 -12,231,000 73,917,000 -28,445,000 80,531,000 -6,733,000 27,891,000 
          interest payments
                                                                                                     
          income tax payments
                                                                                                     
          excess tax benefit related to stock plans
                                             -44,000 74,000 -220,000 -288,000 300,000 -6,000 -58,000 -832,000 -137,000 -320,000 -347,000 -1,769,000 -756,000 -454,000 -386,000 -650,000 -4,104,000 169,000 1,136,000         109,000 -54,000 -441,000 -9,000 42,000 769,000 83,000  760,000 208,000 366,000 40,000 1,303,000 1,360,000             
          non-cash restructuring charges
                                           11,384,000                                                         
          cash flow (used in) financing activities
                                                                                                     
          (decrease ) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                            -9,332,000                                                         
          gain on asset dispositions
                                                                                                     
          operating cash flow before changes in certain working capital items
                                             56,485,000 56,029,000 29,419,000 24,660,000 28,446,000 28,970,000 21,647,000 -5,149,000 7,781,000 20,489,000 31,346,000 4,809,000 43,856,000 32,717,000 36,371,000 13,909,000                                         
          change in trade receivables
                                                                                                     
          change in inventories
                                                                                                     
          change in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                                                                     
          change in income taxes receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                                                     
          changes in certain working capital items
                                                                                                     
          other investing
                                                                95,000  300,000 33,000  1,250,000                    -1,114,000    -1,570,000    -574,000 
          proceeds from
                                                                                                     
          pensions
                                              1,698,000 1,698,000 1,698,000  2,785,000 3,093,000 2,939,000  1,402,000 1,402,000 1,402,000 3,629,000 2,878,000 2,881,000 2,880,000 1,644,000 677,000 677,000 675,000 -1,185,000 -1,334,000 -1,186,000 -1,262,000 -2,489,000 -1,837,000 -1,861,000 -204,000 -2,839,000 -2,047,000 -2,119,000 4,350,000 -3,080,000 -2,293,000 -2,315,000 -2,160,000 -1,028,000 -1,275,000 -1,070,000 -1,162,000 -469,000 -1,208,000 -1,179,000 -1,291,000 -1,230,000 -1,645,000 -1,660,000 -1,569,000 -1,257,000 -2,025,000 -1,989,000 -1,917,000 -141,000   -2,367,000 
          net (gain) from disposal of assets
                                              1,201,000                                                       
          excess tax provision related to stock plans
                                              -74,000                -169,000 -1,136,000  2,000 -45,000 -208,000  1,000 -45,000 -185,000                             
          decrease in trade receivables
                                              6,656,000                                                       
          (increase) in income taxes receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                              3,272,000 -1,239,000 -4,668,000                                                     
          increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                              -48,612,000 -14,328,000 -19,350,000 -7,102,000 -24,232,000 30,029,000 21,591,000 45,211,000 6,151,000 -12,345,000 17,971,000                                             
          (increase) in certain working capital items
                                              -37,114,000 -5,891,000 -35,666,000  -26,853,000    15,003,000                                               
          (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                                     
          net gain from disposal of assets
                                                -18,000  11,000                                                   
          (increase) in trade receivables
                                                -7,332,000 -10,729,000 2,564,000 -11,400,000 -2,394,000  1,546,000 -4,055,000 -4,754,000                                             
          cash flow (used in) operating activities
                                                -11,006,000                                                     
          net gain from investing activities—asset disposals
                                                                                                     
          decrease in income taxes receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                 4,419,000   -8,485,000 3,862,000 8,448,000 -4,392,000 1,780,000                                             
          acquistion of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                     
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and equivalents
                                                                                                     
          proceeds from (payments on) short-term debt
                                                  138,000 -549,000 553,000            984,000      -3,256,000 19,937,000 18,427,000     -13,451,000 4,798,000 1,071,000 13,951,000                     
          currency exchange (gains)
                                                                                                     
          net gain from investing activities—disposal of assets
                                                    -41,000      -531,000                                           
          decrease in certain working capital items
                                                    -11,514,000    4,588,000 2,219,000 10,212,000                                           
          decrease in inventories
                                                                                                     
          deferred income tax
                                                                                                     
          net loss from investing activities—disposal of assets
                                                            32,000    39,000                                     
          increase in certain working capital items
                                                            -7,853,000                                         
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                            -5,925,000            -87,000    -1,234,000          -294,000    4,078,000          -8,586,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash, acquired and other investing
                                                                                                     
          (payments on) proceeds from short-term debt
                                                                    -72,000     -21,900,000 -11,062,000 -7,632,000 -4,491,000                         
          net gain from investing activities – disposal of assets
                                                              79,000                                       
          operating cash flow before changes in working capital
                                                              25,391,000 26,578,000 34,302,000 34,591,000 18,170,000 20,557,000 14,876,000 16,806,000 17,020,000 4,668,000 -5,638,000 23,687,000 11,578,000 9,436,000 8,955,000 30,026,000 18,172,000 17,672,000 18,633,000 23,024,000 4,232,000 12,823,000 23,154,000                 
          decrease in working capital
                                                              -1,386,000       13,235,000 -3,456,000 -10,272,000 -757,000 10,018,000 20,798,000 22,833,000 13,541,000                         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                                              727,000 -2,232,000 1,576,000  -3,943,000 1,089,000 1,312,000  3,864,000 -2,082,000 -853,000    -1,675,000  -3,591,000 397,000 2,726,000 1,242,000 1,890,000 672,000 289,000 977,000 99,000 579,000 758,000 -697,000 257,000 -1,087,000 -975,000 2,483,000 434,000 -953,000 -240,000 4,205,000 486,000 798,000 428,000 
          increase in working capital
                                                                -870,000  1,556,000 -12,520,000 -4,233,000         8,505,000 -5,410,000 -3,103,000 -24,710,000 -16,139,000 12,689,000 -12,484,000 -5,954,000                 
          disposal of assets
                                                                                                     
          net gain from investing activities
                                                                  -2,045,000 -229,000 -25,000                                 
          property additions
                                                                  -7,303,000 -6,640,000 -7,387,000 -8,395,000 -7,852,000 -5,223,000 -3,554,000 -5,008,000 -6,123,000 -6,029,000 -8,577,000 -13,519,000 -11,349,000 -9,491,000 -10,091,000 -10,415,000 -8,981,000 -8,771,000 -4,717,000 -7,642,000 -5,682,000 -5,650,000 -3,760,000 -4,151,000 -6,859,000 -6,657,000 -3,997,000 -10,570,000 -6,017,000 -5,142,000 -5,601,000 -6,328,000   -3,722,000 
          net gain from investing activities—property disposals
                                                                                                     
          currency exchange loss
                                                                                                     
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other investing
                                                                                      -21,044,000 69,000 -10,649,000  -13,226,000   -347,000 -132,000       
          net loss from investing activities
                                                                      -127,000 3,000 -710,000                             
          currency exchange gains
                                                                       -1,477,000 -2,158,000                             
          net income attributable to mine safety appliances company
                                                                          10,954,000 12,458,000 7,221,000                         
          net loss from investing activities — property disposals
                                                                          13,000 -15,000 263,000                         
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired and other investing
                                                                            -46,000  -1,868,000 -151,000 -228,000 -539,000 -182,000 75,000 -6,846,000                 
          net gain on sale of investments and assets
                                                                              46,000   -2,007,000 -10,635,000                   
          deferred income taxes
                                                                              -1,209,000 -1,344,000 -242,000 4,404,000 1,410,000 -333,000 180,000 -1,990,000 16,000 17,000 25,000 -896,000 -894,000 1,947,000 2,137,000 1,998,000 2,461,000 970,000 1,677,000 510,000 1,661,000 2,911,000 -160,000 
          prepaids and other current assets
                                                                              -13,953,000 -4,401,000 1,298,000  -778,000 -3,842,000 -495,000                 
          cash dividends
                                                                              -8,599,000 -8,599,000 -7,857,000  -7,890,000 -7,902,000 -6,493,000 -6,527,000 -6,541,000 -6,578,000 -5,128,000  -5,137,000 -5,131,000 -3,647,000  -3,713,000 -3,717,000 -2,596,000    -2,087,000 
          tax benefit related to stock plans
                                                                                                     
          receivables
                                                                                  436,000 -10,334,000 -4,046,000                 
          net loss on sale of investments and assets
                                                                                    -20,000                -21,000 
          restructuring and other charges
                                                                                    234,000 4,843,000             
          cash flow from continuing operations
                                                                                         26,703,000 33,248,000 8,424,000 17,629,000 29,622,000 11,923,000 1,901,000 8,335,000 7,532,000 23,899,000 4,284,000 -3,204,000 
          cash flow from discontinued operations
                                                                                             2,061,000 2,408,000 -10,000 1,435,000 4,196,000 
          net gain on sale of assets
                                                                                      -736,000    21,000 128,000 -633,000         
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                      -18,315,000 -18,287,000 -7,488,000  8,965,000 -14,878,000 -9,661,000   -21,100,000 -13,522,000    -16,236,000 
          other — including currency exchange adjustments
                                                                                      525,000 1,788,000 381,000  3,480,000 -2,603,000 -484,000         
          additions to long-term debt
                                                                                       26,000 112,000   388,000 1,000 1,000 5,000 11,000 16,000 134,000 2,000 93,000 
          reductions of long-term debt
                                                                                       -170,000 -13,000 -4,005,000 -53,000 -77,000 -4,505,000 -189,000 -268,000 -80,000 -4,171,000   -424,000 
          changes in notes payable and short-term debt
                                                                                       10,186,000 2,609,000 -27,783,000 -4,590,000 7,399,000 23,501,000 852,000 -489,000 35,000 168,000 3,000   -3,052,000 
          company stock sales
                                                                                       819,000 909,000 303,000 350,000 2,434,000 1,620,000 995,000 2,768,000 587,000 561,000 1,410,000 1,168,000   
          net loss on sale of assets
                                                                                        139,000             
          net income from discontinued operations
                                                                                                   -1,514,000 
          gain on the sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                                     
          net income from continuing operations
                                                                                             17,680,000 19,111,000 18,118,000 16,138,000 15,249,000    
          other assets and liabilities
                                                                                             2,726,000        
          other—including currency exchange adjustments
                                                                                                 -689,000    
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                                     
          cash dividends and special distributions
                                                                                                     
          gain on sale of investments and assets
                                                                                              -30,000 -3,000 -38,000     
          receivables and other receivables
                                                                                                     
          net proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                                     
          other - including currency exchange adjustments
                                                                                               144,000 177,000    -312,000 
          gain on the sale of discontinued operations—after tax
                                                                                                     
          net (gain) on sale of investments and assets