Retirement Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

Retirement Plans

NOTE F – Retirement Plans

Net pension expense/(income) for the three months ended March 31, 2013 of $545,000 and April 1, 2012 of $106,000 for our domestic and foreign plans include the following components:

	Domestic Pension Plans						Foreign Pension Plans
($ in thousands)	March 31, 2013			April 1, 2012			March 31, 2013			April 1, 2012
Service cost	$	648		$	683		$	28		$	31
Interest cost		2,711			2,991			132			142
Expected return on plan assets (1)		(5,042	)		(5,376	)		(100	)		(109	)
Amortization of prior service cost		149			151			—			—
Amortization of loss		1,921			1,519			98			74
Expense/(income), net	$	387		$	(32	)	$	158		$	138

(1) Expected return on plan assets is net of expected investment expenses and certain administrative expenses.

Net post retirement expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and April 1, 2012 for our post-retirement plan includes the following components:

	Three Months Ended
($ in thousands)	March 31, 2013		April 1, 2012
OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLAN
Service cost	$	2	$	2
Interest cost		56		64
Amortization of gain		—		(10	)
Postretirement expense	$	58	$	56