Other Intangibles

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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 $31,783,000 related to trademarks, which have indefinite lives. The changes in intangible balances reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2013 to June 30, 2014 were the result of foreign currency translation and amortization. The Company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	92,050	$	68,206	$	92,637	$	65,158
Trademarks	31,783		—		31,649		—
License Agreements	1,419		1,419		1,393		1,393
Developed Technology	9,944		7,510		9,916		7,191
Patents	6,286		5,781		6,107		5,568
Other	7,541		7,480		7,702		7,510
	$	149,023	$	90,396	$	149,404	$	86,820

Amortization expense related to other intangibles was $4,353,000 in the first six months of 2014 and is estimated to be $8,519,000 in 2014, $7,091,000 in 2015, $5,682,000 in 2016, $2,289,000 in 2017, $2,276,000 in 2018 and $2,266,000 in 2019. Amortized intangibles are being amortized on a straight-line basis over remaining lives of 1 to 11 years with the majority of the intangibles being amortized over an average remaining life of approximately 6 years.