Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule Of Self-Insurance [Table Text Block]

The Company is self-insured for a portion of its product liability, workers’ compensation, general liability, medical coverage and certain other liability exposures. The Company accrues for losses up to the retention amounts when such amounts are reasonably estimable and probable. The Company’s accruals, included in Accrued liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, related to self-insurance are as follows: 

	December 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Medical insurance	$	2,846	$	383
Workers’ compensation	1,616		1,868
Total self-insurance accruals	$	4,462	$	2,251

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

The activity in the Company’s warranty liability, which is included in Accrued liabilities and Other liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Warranty liability, beginning of period	$	40,437		$	2,987
Accrued warranty expense	25,013			10,468
Changes in estimates related to pre-existing warranties	(638		)	9
Cost of warranty service work performed	(21,082		)	(23,457		)
Acquisitions	18,569			51,367
Foreign exchange translation effect	(827		)	(937		)
Warranty liability, end of period	$	61,472		$	40,437