Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule Of (Loss) Earnings From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
United States	$	(21,163	)	$	(1,104	)	$	(26,871	)
International		12,674			1,328			7,736
(Loss) earnings from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(8,489	)	$	224		$	(19,135	)

Schedule Of Income Taxes From Continuing Operations

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Current:
United States	$	3,565		$	-		$	(708	)
State		700			(176	)		1,993
International		6,649			6,319			3,067
Total current		10,914			6,143			4,352
Deferred:
United States		13,070			1,509			(11,001	)
State		(1,197	)		(291	)		(1,836	)
International		(519	)		(1,812	)		222
Total deferred		11,354			(594	)		(12,615	)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	22,268		$	5,549		$	(8,263	)

Schedule Of Reconciliation Of Income Taxes From Continuing Operations

	2011			2010			2009
Tax at U.S. statutory rate	$	(2,971	)	$	78		$	(6,697	)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(729	)		(467	)		154
Research and experimentation tax credits		(901	)		(1,131	)		(942	)
U.S tax on repatriation of earnings		(131	)		31			73
Foreign net earnings taxed at other then U.S statutory rate		3,613			5,883			(741	)
Brazil interest on equities deduction		(735	)		-			-
Singapore enhanced research deductions		(344	)		-			-
Tax settlements		1,012			(811	)		(810	)
Change in valuation allowance		22,527			1,200			169
Domestic production activities deduction		(472	)		(315	)		(259	)
Stock compensation expense		431			692			778
Non deductible acquisition costs		621			-			-
Other items		347			389			12
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	22,268		$	5,549		$	(8,263	)

Components Of Deferred Tax And Liabilities

	2011			2010
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued expenses	$	9,271		$	6,167
Receivables and inventories		9,789			11,506
Deferred income		49,234			39,911
Net operating loss carryforwards		13,195			6,307
Capitalized R&D		54,047			46,386
Tax credit carryforwards		81,302			87,775
Postretirement obligations		45,989			35,786
Intangibles		-			949
Other items		13,238			7,843
Total current deferred tax assets		276,065			242,630
Valuation allowance		(28,993	)		(2,682	)
Net deferred tax assets		247,072			239,948
Deferred tax liabilities:
Fixed assets		(1,189	)		(43	)
Intangibles		(20,904	)		-
Net deferred tax liabilities		(22,093	)		(43	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	224,979		$	239,905
Reported As:
Current deferred income tax assets		84,541			45,725
Long-term deferred income tax assets		141,064			194,597
Current deferred income tax liabilities		(90	)		(26	)
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities		(536	)		(391	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	224,979		$	239,905

Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	2011			2010			2009
Balance at January 1,	$	24,208		$	27,605		$	19,938
Additions related to positions taken this year		164			61			7,760
Additions for tax positions of prior years		-			-			-
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(48	)		(3,381	)		-
Reductions for tax positions of prior years lapse of statute		(33	)		(77	)		(93	)
Settlements		-			-			-
Balance at December 31,	$	24,291		$	24,208		$	27,605