Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2014		2013
Net sales
	North America	$	76,716	$	74,758
	EMEA		49,189		46,707
	Asia/Pacific		41,937		37,988
	South America		13,832		16,740
Total net sales		$	181,674	$	176,193

Operating earnings, excluding indirect operating expenses
	North America	$	15,711	$	15,039
	EMEA		8,096		6,970
	Asia/Pacific		9,918		9,628
	South America		1,509		2,875
Total operating earnings, excluding indirect operating expenses			35,234		34,512
Indirect operating expenses			(15,048)		(16,222)
Amortization expense			(813)		(879)
Consolidated operating income			19,373		17,411
Other (expense) income, net			(473)		346
Interest expense			(525)		(744)
Interest income			453		169
Consolidated income before taxes and equity in net income of associated companies		$	18,828	$	17,182

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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