Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of financial information by reportable segment

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net sales:
Titanium Group	$	45,028		$	32,263		$	116,983		$	101,660
Intersegment sales		42,709			20,006			114,677			67,062
Total Titanium Group sales		87,737			52,269			231,660			168,722
Fabrication Group		40,220			34,116			110,474			100,013
Intersegment sales		13,916			12,753			42,470			40,184
Total Fabrication Group sales		54,136			46,869			152,944			140,197
Distribution Group		58,423			36,214			160,277			115,456
Intersegment sales		255			835			1,056			2,116
Total Distribution Group sales		58,678			37,049			161,333			117,572
Eliminations		56,880			33,594			158,203			109,362
Total consolidated net sales	$	143,671		$	102,593		$	387,734		$	317,129
Operating income (loss):
Titanium Group before corporate allocations	$	7,366		$	3,633		$	30,475		$	24,570
Corporate allocations		(2,428	)		(2,328	)		(7,616	)		(6,441	)
Total Titanium Group operating income		4,938			1,305			22,859			18,129
Fabrication Group before corporate allocations		1,647			187			1,841			(291	)
Corporate allocations		(3,146	)		(3,205	)		(9,870	)		(8,784	)
Total Fabrication Group operating loss		(1,499	)		(3,018	)		(8,029	)		(9,075	)
Distribution Group before corporate allocations		6,139			1,268			14,273			7,455
Corporate allocations		(1,885	)		(1,783	)		(5,913	)		(4,964	)
Total Distribution Group operating income (loss)		4,254			(515	)		8,360			2,491
Total consolidated operating income (loss)	$	7,693		$	(2,228	)	$	23,190		$	11,545

Summary of total assets

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Total assets:
Titanium Group	$	409,264	$	367,591
Fabrication Group		265,401		246,830
Distribution Group		156,448		120,935
General corporate assets		255,292		371,498
Total consolidated assets	$	1,086,405	$	1,106,854