Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Inventories [Abstract]

Major classes of inventories

The major classes of inventories were as follows:

	December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	78,743		$	64,146
Work-in-process		46,683			42,193
Finished goods		92,126			87,982
Perishable tooling and supplies		3,232			3,615
Gross inventories		220,784			197,936
Obsolescence and other reserves		(18,641	)		(22,277	)
Net inventories	$	202,143		$	175,659