Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The components of expense for Core Molding Technologies’ post retirement benefit plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Pension expense:
Multi-employer plan contributions	$	178,000		$	112,000		$	514,000		$	327,000
Defined contribution plan contributions	169,000			147,000			530,000			432,000
Total pension expense	347,000			259,000			1,044,000			759,000
Health and life insurance:
Interest cost	69,000			83,000			207,000			249,000
Amortization of prior service costs	(124,000		)	(124,000		)	(372,000		)	(372,000		)
Amortization of net loss	12,000			51,000			36,000			151,000
Net periodic benefit cost	(43,000		)	10,000			(129,000		)	28,000
Total post retirement benefits expense	$	304,000		$	269,000		$	915,000		$	787,000