Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses are summarized as follows:

	2011		2010
Compensation and benefits (1)	$	4,348	$	4,587
Provision for customer claims, rebates and allowances	4,249		5,053
Outstanding checks in excess of cash	2,728		2,363
Other	5,860		6,443
	$	17,185	$	18,446

(1) Includes a liability related to the Company's self-insured Workers' Compensation program.  This program is collateralized by letters of credit in the aggregate amount of $2,573.