Restructuring Activity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring Charges

Restructuring Activity

As part of the Company's efforts to adapt operations to market conditions, restructuring activities related to the Company's organizational structure and operations were announced during January of 2013. In October 2013, the Company announced the consolidation of four additional facilities in locations where it has redundant operations, and in June 2014, the Company announced organizational changes that included workforce reductions. The October 2013 and June 2014 consolidations and organizational changes were part of the Company's continuous improvement plans to lower structural operating costs. The charges associated with the restructuring activities are primarily included in the Company's Metals segment. Charges for the Company's Other segment, which includes the costs of the executive, legal, and finance departments shared by both the Metals and Plastics segments, are insignificant.

The Company recorded the following restructuring charges during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Moving costs associated with plant consolidations	$	37	$	2,674	$	776	$	3,459
Employee termination and related benefits	870		816		870		2,214
Lease termination costs	—		1,830		—		1,830
Other exit costs	—		273		—		315
Inventory write-offs	—		479		—		1,236
Total	$	907	$	6,072	$	1,646	$	9,054

Restructuring charges during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 consisted of moving costs associated with plant consolidations for one of the additional facility consolidations announced in October 2013 and employee termination and related benefits related to workforce reductions from the organizational changes announced in June 2014.

Restructuring charges during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 consisted of moving costs, employee termination and related benefits related to workforce reductions, lease termination costs, inventory write-offs and other exit costs associated with five plant consolidations announced in January 2013. The January 2013 announced restructuring activities are complete.

Restructuring charges associated with the write-off of inventory are included in cost of materials in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. All other restructuring charges are recorded to the restructuring charges line item within the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as they are incurred.

Restructuring reserve activity for the six months ended June 30, 2014 is summarized below:

			Period Activity
	Balance January 1, 2014		Charges		Cash payments			Balance June 30, 2014
Moving costs associated with plant consolidations	$	—	$	776	$	(776	)	$	—
Employee termination and related benefits	129		870		(599		)	400
Lease termination costs (a)	921		—		(214		)	707
Total	$	1,050	$	1,646	$	(1,589	)	$	1,107

^(a) Payments on certain of the lease obligations are scheduled to continue until 2016. Market conditions and the Company’s ability to sublease these properties could affect the ultimate charge related to the lease obligations. Any potential recoveries or additional charges could affect amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements of future periods. As of June 30, 2014, the short-term portion of the lease termination costs in the restructuring liability of $465 is included in accrued liabilities and the long-term portion of $242 is included in other non-current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.