Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure [Abstract]

Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure [TextBlock]

NOTE K – Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure

For financial reporting purposes, the Company operates in a single segment, standard semiconductor products, through the Company's various manufacturing and distribution facilities. The Company aggregates its products because the products are similar and have similar economic characteristics, and the products are similar in production process and share the same customer type.

The Company's primary operations include the domestic operations in Asia, North America and Europe.

Revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on the location of subsidiaries producing the revenues (in thousands):

Three Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2013
Total sales	$	205,505	$	37,017	$	50,041	$	292,563
Inter-company sales		(22,856)		(15,561)		(29,636)		(68,053)
Net sales	$	182,649	$	21,456	$	20,405	$	224,510
Three Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2012
Total sales	$	149,695	$	36,100	$	36,462	$	222,257
Inter-company sales		(17,312)		(18,579)		(19,749)		(55,640)
Net sales	$	132,383	$	17,521	$	16,713	$	166,617
As Of And For The Nine Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2013
Total sales	$	558,040	$	109,078	$	127,671	$	794,789
Inter-company sales		(57,752)		(50,985)		(70,199)		(178,936)
Net sales	$	500,288	$	58,093	$	57,472	$	615,853
Property, plant and equipment	$	274,630	$	30,240	$	23,932	$	328,802
Total assets	$	859,322	$	149,820	$	192,978	$	1,202,120
As Of And For The Nine Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2012
Total sales	$	422,765	$	101,902	$	120,913	$	645,580
Inter-company sales		(57,364)		(49,624)		(68,073)		(175,061)
Net sales	$	365,401	$	52,278	$	52,840	$	470,519
Property, plant and equipment	$	190,408	$	29,773	$	26,397	$	246,578
Total assets	$	561,004	$	133,192	$	228,971	$	923,167

Geographic Information

Revenues were derived from (billed to) customers located in the following countries (in thousands):

		Net Sales
		for the Three Months			Percentage of
		Ended September 30,			Net Sales
		2013		2012	2013	2012
China	$	81,694	$	58,353	36%	35%
Taiwan		43,580		33,184	19%	20%
Korea		17,434		14,701	8%	8%
United States		15,443		15,856	7%	10%
Switzerland		13,679		14,151	6%	8%
Singapore		11,419		8,412	5%	5%
Germany		9,903		6,285	4%	4%
U.K.		5,207		7,636	3%	5%
All Others (1)		26,151		8,039	12%	5%
Total	$	224,510	$	166,617	100%	100%
		Net Sales
		for the Nine Months			Percentage of
		Ended September 30,			Net Sales
		2013		2012	2013	2012
China	$	220,126	$	120,787	36%	26%
Taiwan		114,991		96,632	19%	21%
Korea		50,630		36,554	8%	8%
Switzerland		45,429		42,213	7%	9%
United States		40,212		45,192	6%	10%
Singapore		34,519		19,888	5%	4%
Germany		26,615		19,224	4%	4%
U.K.		23,916		20,614	4%	4%
All Others (1)		59,415		69,415	11%	14%
Total	$	615,853	$	470,519	100%	100%

(1) Represents countries with less than 3% of the total revenues each.