Taxes on Income and Uncertain Positions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Taxes on Income and Uncertain Tax Positions [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

			Year Ended December 31,
			2012		2011		2010
Current:
	Federal	$	3,318	$	3,485	$	1,429
	State		(69)		385		195
	Foreign		9,972		7,955		9,143
			13,221		11,825		10,767
Deferred:
	Federal		4,409		2,022		1,204
	State		(794)		0		0
	Foreign		(1,261)		409		645
Total		$	15,575	$	14,256	$	12,616

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

		Year Ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Domestic	$	26,520	$	24,071	$	9,482
Foreign		36,428		35,306		36,731
Total	$	62,948	$	59,377	$	46,213

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2012				2011
		Current		Non-current		Current		Non-current
Retirement benefits	$	614	$	14,397	$	808	$	9,907
Allowance for doubtful accounts		1,984		0		755		0
Insurance and litigation reserves		580		260		683		424
Postretirement benefits		0		2,543		0		2,259
Supplemental retirement benefits		0		2,501		69		2,303
Performance incentives		3,002		520		3,139		383
Equity-based compensation		349		395		239		449
Alternative minimum tax carryforward		0		0		0		447
Insurance settlement		10		9,425		26		9,698
Operating loss carryforward		0		9,425		0		3,010
Uncertain tax positions		0		7,700		0		7,911
Interest rate swaps and other		679		1,039		786		216
		7,218		48,205		6,505		37,007
Valuation allowance		(710)		(7,148)		0		(1,377)
Total deferred income tax assets, net	$	6,508	$	41,057	$	6,505	$	35,630
Depreciation		0		5,069		0		3,123
Europe pension and other		0		2,552		0		2,481
Amortization and other		360		9,146		405		7,297
Total deferred income tax liabilities	$	360	$	16,767	$	405	$	12,901

Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets Valuation Allowance [Table Text Block]

								Effect of
		Balance at		Additional		Allowance		Exchange		Balance
		Beginning		Valuation		Utilization		Rate		at End
		of Period		Allowance		and Other		Changes		of Period
VALUATION ALLOWANCE
Year ended December 31, 2012	$	1,377	$	6,594	$	(34)	$	(79)	$	7,858
Year ended December 31, 2011	$	4,923	$	348	$	(3,753)	$	(141)	$	1,377
Year ended December 31, 2010	$	5,666	$	38	$	(769)	$	(12)	$	4,923

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

			2012		2011		2010
Income tax provision at the Federal statutory tax rate		$	22,032	$	20,782	$	16,175
Differences in tax rates on foreign earnings and
	remittances		(3,207)		(3,692)		(2,546)
Foreign dividends			815		735		15,645
Excess foreign tax credit utilization			(2,237)		(2,493)		(15,198)
Research and development activities credit utilization			0		(1,348)		0
Uncertain tax positions			(1,196)		701		(1,130)
Domestic production activities deduction			(402)		0		(932)
State income tax provisions, net			(45)		250		127
Non-deductible entertainment and business meals
	expense		200		166		152
Non-taxable gain on acquisition			0		(951)		0
Miscellaneous items, net			(385)		106		323
Taxes on income		$	15,575	$	14,256	$	12,616

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

			2012		2011		2010
Unrecognized tax benefits at January 1		$	12,719	$	10,464	$	10,686
	Increase in unrecognized tax benefits taken in prior periods		0		1,597		0
	(Decrease) in unrecognized tax benefits taken in prior periods		(411)		0		0
	Increase in unrecognized tax benefits taken in current period		1,733		2,623		2,249
	(Decrease) in unrecognized tax benefits due to lapse of statute of limitations		(1,837)		(1,578)		(1,828)
	Increase (decrease) due to foreign exchange rates		206		(387)		(643)
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31		$	12,410	$	12,719	$	10,464

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities Balance Sheet Classification [Table Text Block]

	2012		2011
Current deferred tax assets	$	6,401	$	6,338
Non-current deferred tax assets		30,673		29,823
Current deferred tax liabilities		253		238
Non-current deferred tax liabilities		6,383		7,094
Net deferred tax asset	$	30,438	$	28,829