Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

	2013			2012			2011
Unrecognized tax benefits at January 1,	$	9,292		$	13,496		$	7,713
Tax positions, current period	1,747			1,848			1,656
Tax positions, prior period	(501		)	(425		)	6,666
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations	(2,117		)	(5,627		)	(2,539		)
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31,	$	8,421		$	9,292		$	13,496

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	2013			2012
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carry-forwards	$	5,382		$	5,866
Tax credit carry-forwards	447			3,123
Reserves	8,305			13,497
Unrealized benefit plan loss	4,684			586
Other	657			5,419
Total deferred tax assets	19,475			28,491
Valuation allowance (1)	(6,087		)	(7,243		)
Net deferred tax asset	13,388			21,248
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangibles	(3,050		)	(1,751		)
Property, plant and equipment	(4,494		)	(5,540		)
Other	(2,301		)	(3,624		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(9,845		)	(10,915		)
Net deferred income taxes	$	3,543		$	10,333
	2013			2012
Current deferred tax assets	$	8,936		$	8,024
Current deferred tax liabilities	(975		)	(4,138		)
Long-term deferred tax assets	4,452			13,224
Long-term deferred tax liabilities	(8,870		)	(6,777		)
Total deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	3,543		$	10,333
(1) Valuation allowance at 12/31/11 was $9.4 million.

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

The components of income before income tax expense for 2013, 2012 and 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

	2013		2012		2011
United States	$	150,023	$	135,992	$	115,413
Other countries	174,079		152,468		123,429
Income before income tax expense	$	324,102	$	288,460	$	238,842

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The components of income tax expense for 2013, 2012 and 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

	2013		2012			2011
Current:
United States	$	44,112	$	42,934		$	43,632
Other countries	25,103		20,965			11,515
State and provincial	4,903		4,344			5,600
Total current	74,118		68,243			60,747
Deferred:
United States	4,754		963			(8,905		)
Other countries	1,884		2,677			2,892
State and provincial	152		(35		)	(536		)
Total deferred	6,790		3,605			(6,549		)
Income tax expense	$	80,908	$	71,848		$	54,198

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The differences in income tax expense computed using The Netherlands statutory income tax rate of 25%, 25% and 25% in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and our income tax expense as reported in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2013, 2012 and 2011 are as follows (in thousands):

	2013			2012			2011
Tax at The Netherlands income tax rate	$	81,026		$	72,115		$	59,711
International earnings taxed at rates other than The Netherlands statutory rate	(6,698		)	(864		)	(241		)
Non-deductible expenses	2,138			917			2,691
Change in valuation allowance	(1,156		)	(2,099		)	(1,279		)
State and provincial taxes	3,439			2,895			3,166
Adjustments of prior year taxes	(4,258		)	1,038			(17,229		)
Adjustments of income tax reserves	59			(4,374		)	7,050
Other	6,358			2,220			329
Income tax expense	$	80,908		$	71,848		$	54,198