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INVENTORIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Information regarding the Company's inventories is as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Raw materials	$	56,977	$	54,376
Work-in-process	6,937		7,265
Finished goods	80,872		79,194
	$	144,786	$	140,835

Inventory reserves for obsolescence and other estimated losses were $8.2 million and $8.4 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and have been included in the amounts above.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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