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Warranty Reserves
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2013
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]  
Warranty Reserves
Warranty Reserves
The Company provides warranty protection for certain products usually for a period of one year beyond the date of sale. The majority of costs associated with warranty obligations include the replacement of parts and the time for service personnel to respond to repair and replacement requests. A warranty reserve is recorded based upon historical results, supplemented by management’s expectations of future costs. Warranty reserves are included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Warranty reserve activity for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2013 and September 30, 2012 is summarized below:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29,
2013
 
September 30,
2012
 
September 29,
2013
 
September 30,
2012
 
(In thousands)
Balance beginning of period
$
10,451

 
$
10,625

 
$
11,003

 
$
10,412

Provision charged to income
4,160

 
4,063

 
12,673

 
12,960

Payments
(4,113
)
 
(4,304
)
 
(12,781
)
 
(13,344
)
Adjustments to previously provided warranties, net
268

 
221

 
(54
)
 
708

Foreign currency translation and acquisitions
122

 
154

 
47

 
23

Balance end of period
$
10,888

 
$
10,759

 
$
10,888

 
$
10,759