SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	NOTE B. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES *Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation* The condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The information herein reflects all normal recurring material adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair statement of the results for the periods presented. The condensed consolidated financial statements herein consist of all wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries with all significant intercompany transactions eliminated. These condensed consolidated financial statements present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 24, 2014. The interim period financial results for the three and six month periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. *Use of Estimates* The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, allowance for doubtful accounts, sales allowances, government price adjustments, fair market values and future cash flows associated with goodwill, indefinite life intangibles, long-lived asset impairment tests, useful lives for depreciation and amortization, warranty liability, determination of discount and other assumptions for pension and other postretirement benefit expense, income taxes and deferred tax valuation allowances, derivative valuation, and contingencies. The Company’s accounting policies involve the application of judgments and assumptions made by management that include inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Changes in estimates are recorded in results of operations in the period that the events or circumstances giving rise to such changes occur. *Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements* In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued authoritative accounting guidance on a company’s accounting for revenue from contracts with customers. The guidance applies to all companies that enter into contracts with customers to transfer goods, service or nonfinancial assets. The guidance requires these companies to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires improved disclosures regarding the nature, timing, amount and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized. The guidance is effective prospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In July 2013, the FASB issued authoritative accounting guidance on the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards exist. The guidance requires presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for an NOL carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward. The guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. In March 2013, the FASB issued authoritative accounting guidance on a parent company’s accounting for the cumulative translation adjustment upon derecognition of certain subsidiaries or groups of assets within a foreign entity or of an investment in a foreign entity. The guidance clarifies that when a parent company ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not have an effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

NOTE B. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The information herein reflects all normal recurring material adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair statement of the results for the periods presented. The condensed consolidated financial statements herein consist of all wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries with all significant intercompany transactions eliminated.

These condensed consolidated financial statements present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 24, 2014. The interim period financial results for the three and six month periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, allowance for doubtful accounts, sales allowances, government price adjustments, fair market values and future cash flows associated with goodwill, indefinite life intangibles, long-lived asset impairment tests, useful lives for depreciation and amortization, warranty liability, determination of discount and other assumptions for pension and other postretirement benefit expense, income taxes and deferred tax valuation allowances, derivative valuation, and contingencies. The Company’s accounting policies involve the application of judgments and assumptions made by management that include inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Changes in estimates are recorded in results of operations in the period that the events or circumstances giving rise to such changes occur.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued authoritative accounting guidance on a company’s accounting for revenue from contracts with customers. The guidance applies to all companies that enter into contracts with customers to transfer goods, service or nonfinancial assets. The guidance requires these companies to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires improved disclosures regarding the nature, timing, amount and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized. The guidance is effective prospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of the adoption of this guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In July 2013, the FASB issued authoritative accounting guidance on the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards exist. The guidance requires presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for an NOL carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward. The guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2013, the FASB issued authoritative accounting guidance on a parent company’s accounting for the cumulative translation adjustment upon derecognition of certain subsidiaries or groups of assets within a foreign entity or of an investment in a foreign entity. The guidance clarifies that when a parent company ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The guidance became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of this guidance did not have an effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.