Reportable Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The following table presents information about reportable segments for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:



Income Statement Data	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	March 31,
	2013			2012
Net sales:
Joining Materials	$	44,530		$	47,839
Tubing	24,893			25,791
Engineered Materials	53,692			49,690
Arlon	21,304			20,005
Kasco	14,469			13,388
Total net sales	$	158,888		$	156,713

Segment operating income:
Joining Materials	$	5,747		$	5,614
Tubing	3,810			3,545
Engineered Materials	4,150			3,898
Arlon	3,091			2,529
Kasco	1,291			1,157
Total segment operating income	18,089			16,743
Unallocated corporate expenses and non-operating units	(5,488		)	(5,311		)
Unallocated pension expense	(1,274		)	(612		)
Gain from asset dispositions	13			24
Operating income	11,340			10,844
Interest expense	(8,446		)	(3,848		)
Realized and unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives	(439		)	898
Other expense	(145		)	(45		)
Income from continuing operations before tax and equity investment	$	2,310		$	7,849

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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