Other Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Other Assets [Abstract]

Other Assets

OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following amounts:

	December 31,
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)	2018		2017
Deferred income taxes	$	89,000	$	99,777
Overfunded pension plans	$	75,158	$	70,792
Cash surrender value of life insurance contracts	43,179		45,216
Equity method investments	31,470		—
Other(a)	49,866		33,942
Total	$	288,673	$	249,727

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(a) Includes land usage rights in China and long term deposits.