Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company, when it considers it to be appropriate, enters into forward contracts to hedge the economic exposures arising from foreign currency denominated transactions. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, these contracts included the future sale of Japanese Yen to purchase U.S. dollars. The foreign currency forward contracts were entered into by the Company’s Japanese subsidiary to economically hedge a portion of certain intercompany obligations. The forward contracts are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes and therefore, the change in fair value is recorded within the caption “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The dollar equivalent of the U.S. dollar forward contracts and related fair values as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:

	March 31, 2012		December 30, 2011
Notional amount	$	4,182	$	2,672
Fair value of asset	$	181	$	99