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Inventories

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Note 4. Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using FIFO or the weighted average cost method. Finished goods and work-in-process inventories include material, labor and manufacturing overhead costs. In accordance with industry practice, costs in inventory include amounts relating to long-term contracts with long production cycles and inventory items with long procurement cycles, some of which are not expected to be realized within one year. Work-in-process inventories include costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts and excess over average costs on long-term contracts. Finished goods inventories primarily consist of aerospace fasteners. Inventories consist of the following:

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Purchased materials and component parts	$	181.7	$	165.3
Work-in-process		320.9		295.4
Finished goods		1,124.0		1,019.7
	$	1,626.6	$	1,480.4

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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