Business Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

This segment previously included the results of the Composite Materials operating segment, which qualified as a discontinued operation in the fourth quarter of 2012 when we shut down production of non-woven composite materials. All results have been recast to exclude this segment from consolidated results or continuing operations.

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Revenue and long-lived assets by geographic region

Information relating to our operations by geographic area is as follows:



	Net Sales (1)						Long-lived Assets (2)
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2012		2014		2013		2012

United States	$	128,186	$	118,263	$	115,035	$	70,532	$	64,545	$	64,845
Asia	324,643		275,969		250,682		71,661		68,613		69,830
Europe	148,026		132,126		123,040		144,794		171,615		172,671
Other	10,056		11,124		10,004		—		—		—
Total	$	610,911	$	537,482	$	498,761	$	286,987	$	304,773	$	307,346

⁽¹⁾Net sales are allocated to countries based on the location of the customer.

⁽²⁾Long-lived assets are based on the location of the asset and are comprised of goodwill and other intangibles and property, plant and equipment.

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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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