Note 8 – Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits

The Company maintains various retirement benefit plans.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the second fiscal quarters of 2018 and 2017 for the Company's defined benefit pension plans:

	Fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018					Fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2017
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans			U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans

Net service cost	$	-	$	927		$	-	$	925
Interest cost		371		1,211			411		1,199
Expected return on plan assets		-		(479	)		-		(518	)
Amortization of prior service cost		36		54			36		18
Amortization of losses		159		1,566			83		1,523
Curtailment and settlement losses		-		455			-		330
Net periodic benefit cost	$	566	$	3,734		$	530	$	3,477

The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the six fiscal months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 for the Company's defined benefit pension plans:

	Six fiscal months ended June 30, 2018					Six fiscal months ended July 1, 2017
	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans			U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans

Net service cost	$	-	$	1,875		$	-	$	1,828
Interest cost		742		2,453			821		2,366
Expected return on plan assets		-		(967	)		-		(1,024	)
Amortization of prior service cost		72		109			72		36
Amortization of losses		318		3,170			165		3,001
Curtailment and settlement losses		-		917			-		652
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,132	$	7,557		$	1,058	$	6,859

Other Postretirement Benefits

The following table shows the components of the net periodic benefit cost for the second fiscal quarters of 2018 and 2017 for the Company's other postretirement benefit plans:

	Fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018					Fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2017
	U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans

Service cost	$	34		$	73	$	33		$	67
Interest cost		68			28		78			26
Amortization of prior service (credit)		(37	)		-		(209	)		-
Amortization of losses (gains)		(9	)		27		(23	)		15
Net periodic benefit cost	$	56		$	128	$	(121	)	$	108

The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the six fiscal months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 for the Company's other postretirement benefit plans:

	Six fiscal months ended June 30, 2018					Six fiscal months ended July 1, 2017
	U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans		U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans

Service cost	$	68		$	148	$	66		$	131
Interest cost		136			58		155			50
Amortization of prior service (credit)		(74	)		-		(418	)		-
Amortization of losses (gains)		(19	)		54		(46	)		29
Net periodic benefit cost	$	111		$	260	$	(243	)	$	210