Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Discontinued Operations

On June 30, 2015, the Company completed the spin-off of its Cequent businesses (comprised of the former Cequent Americas and Cequent Asia Pacific Europe Africa ("Cequent APEA") reportable segments), creating a new independent publicly traded company, Horizon, through the distribution of 100% of the Company's interest in Horizon to holders of the Company's common stock. On June 30, 2015, each of the Company's shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record date of June 25, 2015 received two shares of Horizon common stock for every five shares of TriMas common stock held. In addition, on June 30, 2015, immediately prior to the effective time of the spin-off, Horizon entered into a new debt financing arrangement and used the proceeds to make a cash distribution of approximately $214.5 million to the Company.

Following the spin-off, there were no assets or liabilities remaining from the Cequent operations. The Cequent businesses are presented as discontinued operations in the Company's consolidated statement of income and cash flows for all periods presented.

Results of discontinued operations are summarized as follows:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015
	(dollars in thousands)
Net sales	$	142,360
Cost of sales	(107,060		)
Gross profit	35,300
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(30,820		)
Operating profit	4,480
Interest expense	(1,220		)
Other expense, net	(1,250		)
Other expense, net	(2,470		)
Income from discontinued operations, before income taxes	2,010
Income tax benefit	30
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	2,040