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SEGMENT INFORMATION
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]    
SEGMENT INFORMATION
11. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company's operating segments are components of the business for which separate financial information is available and are evaluated regularly by management in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

The Company has two reportable segments: (1) Siding, Fencing, and Stone, and (2) Windows and Doors. The operating earnings (loss) of each segment includes the revenue generated on transactions involving products within that segment less identifiable expenses. Corporate unallocated income and expenses include items which are not directly attributed to or allocated to either of the reporting segments. Such items include interest, legal costs, corporate payroll, and unallocated finance and accounting expenses. Corporate unallocated assets include debt issuance costs, cash and certain non-operating receivables.

The following is a summary of the Company's segment information:
 
   
For the three months ended
  
For the nine months ended
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
September 29, 2012
  
October 1, 2011
  
September 29, 2012
  
October 1, 2011
 
              
Net Sales
            
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $179,852  $184,520  $511,157  $494,002 
Windows and Doors
  126,341   113,369   341,501   298,485 
   $306,193  $297,889  $852,658  $792,487 
                  
Operating earnings (loss)
                
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $34,403  $33,335  $88,487  $72,520 
Windows and Doors
  (2,370)  (3,373)  (15,622)  (23,839)
Unallocated
  (4,762)  (4,893)  (13,506)  (12,081)
   $27,271  $25,069  $59,359  $36,600 
                  
   
Total assets as of
         
   
September 29, 2012
  
December 31, 2011
         
                  
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $600,604  $579,195         
Windows and Doors
  274,706   273,909         
Unallocated
  50,005   39,808         
   $925,315  $892,912         

12.   SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
The Company defines operating segments as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by management in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.  The Company has two reportable segments:  1) Siding, Fencing, and Stone and 2) Windows and Doors.

The income before income taxes of each segment includes the revenue generated on transactions involving products within that segment less identifiable expenses.  Unallocated income and expenses include items which are not directly attributed to or allocated to either of the Company's reporting segments.  Such items include interest, legal costs, corporate payroll, and unallocated finance, accounting expenses, and write-off of previously capitalized offering costs. Unallocated corporate assets include cash and certain receivables.  Interest expense is presented net of interest income.

Following is a summary of the Company's segment information:
   
For the year ended December 31,
 
(Amounts in thousands)
 
2011
  
2010
  
2009
 
           
Net sales
         
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $639,290  $604,406  $577,390 
Windows and Doors
  395,567   391,500   373,984 
   $1,034,857  $995,906  $951,374 
Operating earnings (loss)
            
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $90,849  $92,612  $77,756 
Windows and Doors
  (31,134)  (19,410)  (23,504)
Unallocated
  (14,784)  (16,372)  (14,142)
   $44,931  $56,830  $40,110 
Interest expense, net
            
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $(83) $(121) $(169)
Windows and Doors
  (13)  90   183 
Unallocated
  101,480   122,864   135,289 
   $101,384  $122,833  $135,303 
Depreciation and amortization
            
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $23,598  $27,578  $29,341 
Windows and Doors
  30,217   32,936   26,740 
Unallocated
  205   204   190 
   $54,020  $60,718  $56,271 
Income tax expense (benefit)
            
Unallocated
 $683  $5,027  $(17,966)
              
Capital expenditures
            
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $5,906  $5,928  $3,562 
Windows and Doors
  4,651   5,177   4,222 
Unallocated
  933   -   23 
   $11,490  $11,105  $7,807 
              
   
As of December 31,
     
    2011   2010     
Total assets
            
Siding, Fencing, and Stone
 $579,195  $585,542     
Windows and Doors
  273,909   298,898     
Unallocated
  39,808   37,797     
   $892,912  $922,237     
 
Our Canadian subsidiary, which had sales of approximately $67.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, represents a majority of our sales to foreign customers.  Other subsidiaries' sales outside the United States are less than 1% of our total sales.