Restructuring and other charges

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure

11. Restructuring and other charges

Total restructuring and other charges of $393,000 were recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2014. These charges consisted of $230,000 of employee termination benefits and $163,000 of other exit costs. The charges were primarily related to the closure of our Mezokovesd, Hungary plant and restructuring actions in our North American operations.

Total restructuring and other charges of $2,809,000 were recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2013. These charges consisted of $1,566,000 of employee termination benefits and $1,243,000 of other exit costs. The severance charges primarily related to continued costs related to the closure of our Mezokovesd, Hungary plant, reductions in force in our Oklahoma and Mexico facilities and lease termination costs.

The following table summarizes the activity in our accrual for restructuring and other charges for the three and six month periods ended June 30, (in thousands):

2014	Termination benefits			Exit costs			Total
Accrual at December 31, 2013	$	981		$	45		$	1,026
Provision	228			86			314
Payments	(950		)	(106		)	(1,056		)
Accrued at March 31, 2014	$	259		$	25		$	284
Provision	2			77			79
Payments	(113		)	(97		)	(210		)
Accrued at June 30, 2014	$	148		$	5		$	153

2013	Termination benefits			Exit costs			Total
Accrual at December 31, 2012	$	3,573		$	106		$	3,679
Provision	370			311			681
Payments	(1,832		)	(331		)	(2,163		)
Accrued at March 31, 2013	$	2,111		$	86		$	2,197
Provision	1,196			932			2,128
Payments	(1,870		)	(916		)	(2,786		)
Accrued at June 30, 2013	$	1,437		$	102		$	1,539

Significant components of restructuring and other charges were as follows (in thousands):

	Total expected costs		Expense incurred in						Estimated future expense
			Six months ended June 30, 2014		Twelve months ended December 31, 2013		Twelve months ended December 31, 2012
2014 Activities
Severance	$	562	$	212	$	—	$	—	$	350
Exit costs	160		28		—		—		132
	$	722	$	240	$	—	$	—	$	482
2013 Activities
Severance	$	1,756	$	—	$	1,756	$	—	$	—
Exit costs	692		—		692		—		—
	$	2,448	$	—	$	2,448	$	—	$	—
2012 Activities
Severance	$	4,551	$	18	$	795	$	3,738	$	—
Exit costs	1,555		135		823		410		187
Other charges	1,687		—		—		1,687		—
	$	7,793	$	153	$	1,618	$	5,835	$	187