Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Retirement Benefits

Retirement Benefits

The Company sponsors several qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans and other postretirement plans for its employees. The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost for its major defined benefit plans and its other postretirement plans.

	Pension Benefits
	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2015						2014
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
Service cost	$	376		$	376		$	323		$	392
Interest cost	937			433			1,053			605
Expected return on plan assets	(1,248		)	(280		)	(1,408		)	(329		)
Net amortization	855			470			674			219
Net periodic benefit cost	$	920		$	999		$	642		$	887

	Pension Benefits
	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015						2014
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
Service cost	$	751		$	757		$	645		$	766
Interest cost	1,875			868			2,106			1,204
Expected return on plan assets	(2,496		)	(556		)	(2,816		)	(657		)
Net amortization	1,679			929			1,374			439
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,809		$	1,998		$	1,309		$	1,752

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	169		$	179		$	338		$	357
Interest cost	209			233			418			466
Net amortization	(111		)	(119		)	(219		)	(237		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	267		$	293		$	537		$	586

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014, that it expected to contribute approximately $1.6 million to its defined benefit plans and $0.5 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2015. As of June 30, 2015, the Company now expects to contribute $5.9 million to its defined benefit plans and $0.7 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2015. The Company contributed a total of $2.2 million during the first six months of 2015 to fund these plans.