RETIREMENT AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

RETIREMENT AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

Components of Pension Cost for Defined Benefit Plans

The components of total pension cost were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021				2020				2021				2020
	U.S. pension		Non-U.S.		U.S. pension		Non-U.S.		U.S. pension		Non-U.S.		U.S. pension		Non-U.S.
	plans		pension plans		plans		pension plans		plans		pension plans		plans		pension plans
Service cost	$	49	$	395	$	39	$	718	$	146	$	1,190	$	117	$	2,216
Interest cost		2,622		924		3,346		673		8,675		1,932		11,447		2,052
Expected return on plan assets		(3,888)		(1,487)		(6,009)		(1,076)		(12,595)		(2,996)		(17,431)		(3,097)
Amortization of prior service cost		—		1		—		15		—		12		—		46
Amortization of net loss		616		291		459		468		1,867		737		865		1,563
Settlement charges (1)		73,562		—		3,188		—		79,652		446		6,522		—
Defined benefit plans		72,961		124		1,023		798		77,745		1,321		1,520		2,780
Multi-employer plans		—		138		—		274		—		640		—		800
Defined contribution plans		6,572		898		4,945		931		17,606		2,296		15,322		2,406
Total pension cost	$	79,533	$	1,160	$	5,968	$	2,003	$	95,351	$	4,257	$	16,842	$	5,986

(1) Pension settlement charges primarily resulting from lump sum pension payments in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.