Segment And Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment And Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment And Geographic Information

Note 8 – Segment and Geographic Information

The Company has manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Asia and Europe to serve its customers. The Company is operated and managed geographically, and management evaluates performance and allocates the Company's resources on a geographic basis. Intersegment sales are generally recorded at prices that approximate arm's length transactions. Operating segments' measure of profitability is based on income from operations. The accounting policies for the reportable operating segments are the same as for the Company taken as a whole. The Company has three reportable operating segments: the Americas, Asia and Europe. Information about operating segments was as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Net sales:
Americas	$	337,895		$	316,446		$	1,062,521		$	982,117
Asia		256,236			250,361			739,060			688,809
Europe		33,472			36,956			104,955			123,709
Elimination of intersegment sales		(16,834	)		(33,680	)		(72,319	)		(100,691	)
	$	610,769		$	570,083		$	1,834,217		$	1,693,944
Depreciation and amortization:
Americas	$	3,736		$	4,005		$	10,993		$	12,262
Asia		3,839			3,289			11,107			9,456
Europe		608			652			1,937			1,982
Corporate		833			821			2,422			2,454
	$	9,016		$	8,767		$	26,459		$	26,154
Income from operations:
Americas	$	14,466		$	9,426		$	45,164		$	35,987
Asia		19,386			10,807			33,457			29,718
Europe		391			570			1,124			1,965
Corporate and intersegment eliminations		(9,361	)		(9,187	)		(28,770	)		(26,107	)
	$	24,882		$	11,616		$	50,975		$	41,563
Capital expenditures:
Americas	$	4,649		$	886		$	13,609		$	11,958
Asia		8,218			8,420			18,592			32,837
Europe		917			2,875			1,870			3,630
Corporate		838			1,288			1,437			1,871
	$	14,622		$	13,469		$	35,508		$	50,296

	September 30,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Total assets:
Americas	$	589,537	$	650,998
Asia		642,695		610,596
Europe		185,684		197,132
Corporate and other		79,426		41,272
	$	1,497,342	$	1,499,998

Geographic net sales information reflects the destination of the product shipped. Long-lived assets information is based upon the physical location of the asset.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(in thousands)	2012		2011		2012		2011
Geographic net sales:
United States	$	444,082	$	395,415	$	1,321,460	$	1,151,548
Asia		94,693		86,493		290,078		243,791
Europe		60,010		76,037		189,853		258,748
Other Foreign		11,984		12,138		32,826		39,857
	$	610,769	$	570,083	$	1,834,217	$	1,693,944

	September 30,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	75,783	$	70,756
Asia		106,271		98,675
Europe		11,360		11,817
Other		15,193		17,744
	$	208,607	$	198,992