Segment Information
 
The Company has two reportable segments: (1) Filtration & Advanced Materials ("FAM") and (2) Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions ("SAS"). The FAM segment supplies customers directly, serving a diverse set of generally higher-growth end markets. FAM end markets include water and air purification, life sciences, industrial processes, transportation, glass and glazing, packaging, agriculture, building and construction, safety and security. SAS is focused primarily on tapes, labels, liners, specialty paper, packaging and healthcare solutions. The SAS segment supplies customers through distribution and directly, serving growing and mature end markets including building and construction, DIY, product packaging, consumer & commercial papers, personal care, advanced wound care, medical device fixation and medical packaging. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

Our Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") is our President and Chief Executive Officer. The CODM considers operating profit when making resource allocation decisions for each segment.

Information about Net Sales and Operating Profit (Loss)

The CODM primarily evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based on Operating profit (loss). General corporate expenses that do not directly support the operations of the business segments are unallocated expenses. Assets are managed on a total company basis and are therefore not disclosed at the segment level.

Net sales, costs of products sold, nonmanufacturing expense, restructuring and impairment expense, and operating profit (loss) by segment were (in millions):
Years Ended December 31,
202520242023
Net sales
FAM$767.5 $766.5 $810.0 
SAS1,219.5 1,214.6 1,216.0 
Consolidated$1,987.0 $1,981.1 $2,026.0 
Cost of products sold
FAM$604.2 $592.3 $613.3 
SAS1,019.9 1,024.7 1,056.9 
Consolidated$1,624.1 $1,617.0 $1,670.2 
Total nonmanufacturing expense
FAM$94.4 $98.6 $94.6 
SAS112.3 115.5 115.1 
Total segments206.7 214.1 209.7 
Unallocated108.8 105.6 136.4 
Consolidated$315.5 $319.7 $346.1 
Years Ended December 31,
202520242023
Restructuring and impairment
FAM$428.7 $5.6 $2.8 
SAS1.7 29.1 420.3 
Total segments430.4 34.7 423.1 
Unallocated1.4 3.4 0.5 
Consolidated$431.8 $38.1 $423.6 
Operating profit (loss)
FAM$(359.8)$70.0 $99.3 
SAS85.6 45.4 (376.3)
Total segments(274.2)115.4 (277.0)
Unallocated(110.2)(109.1)(136.9)
Consolidated$(384.4)$6.3 $(413.9)

Capital spending and depreciation by segments were (in millions):
Capital SpendingDepreciation
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
202520242023202520242023
FAM$13.8 $24.0 $29.7 $25.8 $24.9 $25.3 
SAS26.0 30.0 33.1 47.9 51.4 54.3 
Total segments39.8 54.0 62.8 73.7 76.3 79.6 
Unallocated0.2 1.0 3.2 1.2 1.4 2.1 
Consolidated$40.0 $55.0 $66.0 $74.9 $77.7 $81.7 

Information about Geographic Areas

Long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows (in millions):
December 31,
20252024
U.S.$311.7 $340.5 
France29.4 28.1 
Germany172.9 161.4 
U.K.57.8 56.1 
Other foreign countries58.4 58.0 
Consolidated$630.2 $644.1 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 26, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 27, 2025
2023Feb 29, 2024
2022Mar 1, 2023
2021Mar 1, 2022
2020Mar 1, 2021
2019Mar 2, 2020
2018Mar 1, 2019
2017Mar 1, 2018
2016Feb 24, 2017
2015Feb 26, 2016

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.