CHANGES IN NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]
CHANGES IN NONCONTROLLING INTEREST	7. CHANGES IN NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS In the third quarter of 2012, the Company executed a purchase agreement for the remaining noncontrolling interest of Northern Elastomeric Incorporated (“NEI”), one of the Company's consolidated subsidiaries. As a result of the purchase agreement, NEI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with the Company providing $22 million in cash consideration. The transaction resulted in a $6 million decrease in Noncontrolling interests on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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