Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The components of expense for Core Molding Technologies’ post retirement benefit plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Pension expense:
Multi-employer plan contributions	$	112,000		$	125,000		$	327,000		$	344,000
Defined contribution plan contributions	147,000			115,000			432,000			426,000
Total pension expense	259,000			240,000			759,000			770,000
Health and life insurance:
Interest cost	83,000			91,000			249,000			273,000
Amortization of prior service costs	(124,000		)	(124,000		)	(372,000		)	(372,000		)
Amortization of net loss	51,000			40,000			151,000			119,000
Net periodic benefit cost	10,000			7,000			28,000			20,000
Total post retirement benefits expense	$	269,000		$	247,000		$	787,000		$	790,000