Pension Plans |
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Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 7 - Pension Plans The following table summarizes the components of net periodic pension cost recorded for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans (in thousands):
(a) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016, the Company made cash contributions of approximately $467,000 and $419,000, respectively, to its Swiss pension plan and the Company is not required to make additional cash contributions during the remainder of 2017. The Company is not required to and does not make contributions to its Japan pension plan. |