Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]

Components of the net periodic pension cost under defined benefit pension plans

The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the first fiscal quarters of 2012 and 2011 for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans:

	Fiscal quarter ended						Fiscal quarter ended
	March 31, 2012						April 2, 2011
	U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans			U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans
Net service cost	$	-		$	814		$	-		$	827
Interest cost		3,927			2,374			4,068			2,562
Expected return on plan assets		(4,716	)		(412	)		(4,653	)		(391	)
Amortization of prior service cost		550			-			641			-
Amortization of losses		3,111			418			2,102			249
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,872		$	3,194		$	2,158		$	3,247

Net periodic benefit cost under other postretirement benefit plans

The following table shows the components of the net periodic benefit cost for the first fiscal quarters of 2012 and 2011 for the Company’s other postretirement benefit plans:

	Fiscal quarter ended					Fiscal quarter ended
	March 31, 2012					April 2, 2011
	U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	18		$	64	$	19		$	67
Interest cost		130			73		146			69
Amortization of prior service credit		(102	)		-		(110	)		-
Amortization of transition obligation		8			-		12			-
Amortization of gains		(22	)		-		(61	)		-
Net periodic benefit cost	$	32		$	137	$	6		$	136