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Employee Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
The Company has one defined benefit pension plan which is frozen that covers certain U.S. hourly and salaried employees. The defined benefit plan provides benefits based primarily on the participants’ years of service and compensation.
The following table sets forth the components of net periodic pension expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011:
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2012
 
2011
Interest cost
$
552

 
$
603

Expected return on plan assets
(662
)
 
(644
)
Amortization of net loss
243

 
91

Total pension expense
$
133

 
$
50