Acquisition Integration Initiatives

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block]

14) Acquisition Integration Initiatives

During the first quarter of 2013, in connection with the Viking acquisition, the company made decisions and took actions to improve certain of the operations of Viking. The company anticipates these initiatives will be substantially complete by the end of the 2013 fiscal year. The company recorded expense in the amount of $7.4 million in the first nine months of the year primarily for severance and employee benefits, product discontinuance, office consolidation and termination of agreements associated with this initiative.