Other Intangibles

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Other Intangibles

All of the company’s other intangible assets have been assigned definite lives and continue to be amortized over their useful lives, except for $31,031,000 related to trademarks, which have indefinite lives. The changes in intangible balances reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2012 to March 31, 2013 were the result of foreign currency translation and amortization.

The company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	90,940	$	57,702	$	93,572	$	58,447
Trademarks	31,031		—		31,280		—
License Agreements	3,193		3,193		3,212		3,212
Developed Technology	9,636		5,733		9,650		5,588
Patents	6,023		5,306		6,060		5,234
Other	7,512		7,233		7,571		7,212
	$	148,335	$	79,167	$	151,345	$	79,693

Amortization expense related to other intangibles was $2,615,000 in the first three months of 2013 and is estimated to be $9,417,000 in 2013, $8,729,000 in 2014, $7,145,000 in 2015, $5,407,000 in 2016, $2,287,000 in 2017 and $2,284,000 in 2018. Amortized intangibles are being amortized on a straight-line basis for periods from 3 to 20 years with the majority of the intangibles being amortized over a life of between 10 and 13 years.