Segment And Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment And Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment And Geographic Information

Note 12—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:

	Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2010
Net sales:
Americas	$	1,440,298		$	1,360,943		$	1,538,034
Asia		978,093			867,008			864,627
Europe		139,684			166,730			164,196
Elimination of intersegment sales		(89,925	)		(141,651	)		(164,714	)
	$	2,468,150		$	2,253,030		$	2,402,143
Depreciation and amortization:
Americas	$	14,755		$	16,670		$	20,031
Asia		15,180			12,859			13,444
Europe		2,544			2,664			2,913
Corporate		3,234			3,291			3,442
	$	35,713		$	35,484		$	39,830
Income from operations:
Americas	$	60,320		$	46,170		$	64,632
Asia		51,978			30,804			57,721
Europe		1,117			7			3,488
Corporate and intersegment eliminations		(37,856	)		(35,688	)		(37,395	)
	$	75,559		$	41,293		$	88,446
Capital expenditures:
Americas	$	19,437		$	18,008		$	18,486
Asia		25,636			47,413			14,283
Europe		2,274			4,592			2,233
Corporate		1,688			1,984			1,036
	$	49,035		$	71,997		$	36,038
Total assets:
Americas	$	569,212		$	650,998		$	583,724
Asia		636,481			610,596			515,414
Europe		200,563			197,132			243,872
Corporate and other		95,221			41,272			134,058
	$	1,501,477		$	1,499,998		$	1,477,068

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

	Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2012		2011		2010
Geographic net sales:
United States	$	1,739,794	$	1,518,940	$	1,764,544
Asia		398,890		346,267		216,599
Europe		273,560		333,781		367,599
Other		55,906		54,042		53,401
	$	2,468,150	$	2,253,030	$	2,402,143
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	76,216	$	70,756	$	72,386
Asia		107,151		98,675		67,365
Europe		10,948		11,817		9,785
Other		15,200		17,744		16,237
	$	209,515	$	198,992	$	165,773