Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Accumulated Comprehensive Income for Pension Plans

The following table provides information about the net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s pension plans (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Service cost	$	101	$	101	$	329	$	302
Interest cost		31		31		102		92
Recognized actuarial (gains)		(10)		(13)		(31)		(37)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	122	$	119	$	400	$	357

Company's Contributions to Employee Retirement Savings Plans

The Company’s contributions included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
401(k) plan contributions	$	181	$	214	$	652	$	694

Post-Retirement Benefit Obligation and Unrealized Gain (Losses)

The postretirement benefit obligation included in “Other long-term liabilities” and the unrealized gains (losses) included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Postretirement benefit obligation	$	22	$	46
Unrealized gains (losses) in AOCI (1)	$	370	$	342
(1)  Unrealized gains (losses) are impacted by changes in discount rates related to the      postretirement obligation.