Net Periodic Benefit Cost - Defined Benefit Pension Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Defined Benefit Pension Plans [Abstract]

Net periodic benefit cost--defined benefit pension plans [Text Block]

Net Periodic Benefit Cost--Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The results of operations included the following net periodic benefit cost recognized related to our defined-benefit pension plans.

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011			September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
Components of pension cost
Service costs--increase in benefit obligation earned	$	47		$	33		$	138		$	100
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	412			418			1,244			1,253
Expected return on plan assets	(424		)	(476		)	(1,277		)	(1,430		)
Settlement loss	—			—			219			—
Amortization of net actuarial loss	259			134			781			401
Amortization of prior service cost	3			3			10			10
Amortization of transition asset	—			(17		)	—			(51		)
Net pension cost of defined benefit pension plans	$	297		$	95		$	1,115		$	283

Employer Contributions--Contributions of $786 were made to our defined-benefit pension plans during the nine months endedSeptember 29, 2012. We expect, as of September 29, 2012, to make additional defined-benefit plan contributions totaling $53 before December 31, 2012.