Retirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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,
	2014						2013
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
Service cost	$	323		$	374		$	437		$	339
Interest cost	1,053			599			943			519
Expected return on plan assets	(1,408		)	(327		)	(1,353		)	(256		)
Net amortization	699			219			1,614			230
Net periodic benefit cost	$	667		$	865		$	1,641		$	832

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Service cost	$	178		$	242
Interest cost	233			227
Net amortization	(118		)	6
Net periodic benefit cost	$	293		$	475

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, that it expected to contribute approximately $2.8 million to its defined benefit plans and $0.9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2014. As of March 31, 2014, $0.6 million of contributions have been made to the defined benefit plans and $0.2 million has been made to its other postretirement benefit plans. The Company presently anticipates contributing up to an additional $2.9 million in 2014 to fund these plans.