Retirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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 March 31,
	2016						2015
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
Service cost	$	294		$	299		$	375		$	381
Interest cost	747			350			938			435
Expected return on plan assets	(1,175		)	(219		)	(1,248		)	(276		)
Net amortization	827			238			824			459
Net periodic benefit cost	$	693		$	668		$	889		$	999

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Service cost	$	132		$	169
Interest cost	174			209
Net amortization	(154		)	(108		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	152		$	270

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, that it expected to contribute approximately $6.1 million to its defined benefit plans and $0.9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2016. As of March 31, 2016, the Company now expects to contribute $5.4 million to its defined benefit plans and $0.9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2016. The Company contributed a total of $0.7 million during the first three months of 2016 to fund these plans.