PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Property, plant and equipment have been recorded at cost.  Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives of the related assets:

	Years
Building and improvements	25 - 40
Machinery and equipment	10 - 20
Tools, dies and molds	4 - 9

Property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2013 and 2012, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2013			2012
Land and improvements	$	67,243		$	66,012
Buildings and improvements	242,261			192,135
Machinery and equipment	617,709			555,261
Tools, dies and molds	112,997			117,341
Construction-in-process	42,539			49,136
	1,082,749			979,885
Less accumulated depreciation	(443,942		)	(411,541		)
	$	638,807		$	568,344