<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Company's unaudited condensed statements of income, condensed balance sheets and condensed statements of cash flows and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements contained within the Company's Form 10-Q for the six months ended August 2, 1997. </LEGEND> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> JAN-31-1998 <PERIOD-END> AUG-02-1997 <CASH> 164 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 70,820 <ALLOWANCES> 1,793 <INVENTORY> 54,551 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 140,709 <PP&E> 194,195 <DEPRECIATION> 83,215 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 330,805 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 67,238 <BONDS> 6,175 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 39,708 <OTHER-SE> 30,043 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 330,805 <SALES> 238,345 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 238,345 <CGS> 161,544 <TOTAL-COSTS> 218,308 <OTHER-EXPENSES> (809) <LOSS-PROVISION> 149 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 5,954 <INCOME-PRETAX> 14,892 <INCOME-TAX> 4,691 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 10,201 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 10,201 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.10 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.09