Industry Segment and Foreign Operations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Sales Revenue for Primary Product Lines

Sales revenue for our four primary product lines is as follows:

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
USBCs	$	192,543	$	218,908	$	389,316	$	462,100
HSBCs		104,937		118,145		213,031		250,521
Cariflex™		29,244		29,805		56,273		52,450
Compounds		7,544		8,666		15,448		17,114
Other		275		232		582		1,884
	$	334,543	$	375,756	$	674,650	$	784,069

Sales Revenue by Geographic Region

Sales revenue and long-lived assets by geographic region are as follows:

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Sales revenue:
United States	$	100,929	$	122,089	$	214,237	$	272,339
Germany		42,304		50,583		85,685		100,200
Japan		20,080		21,834		37,131		41,196
China		17,503		20,072		36,193		39,917
Brazil		12,984		11,666		26,881		25,820
Italy		10,927		10,407		23,398		24,501
France		11,361		12,792		23,195		26,827
Belgium		12,432		11,589		23,114		25,594
United Kingdom		10,285		11,225		20,759		23,088
Thailand		10,182		13,651		20,164		21,632
The Netherlands		6,577		7,502		16,214		20,792
Malaysia		7,385		4,435		13,138		10,115
Turkey		5,914		9,108		11,590		18,777
Taiwan		3,493		3,248		9,939		10,040
Mexico		4,809		3,178		9,683		6,448
Canada		4,919		5,154		9,679		10,598
Sweden		5,499		5,396		9,572		8,706
Argentina		4,246		2,988		8,911		7,773
South Korea		3,936		3,959		7,159		8,389
Australia		4,143		5,664		6,985		8,780
Austria		4,344		5,204		6,070		10,155
Poland		2,385		7,420		3,811		10,121
All other countries		27,906		26,592		51,142		52,261
	$	334,543	$	375,756	$	674,650	$	784,069

Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Region

	June 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Long-lived assets, at cost:
United States	$	418,222	$	411,969
France		118,955		118,275
Brazil		77,083		79,585
Germany		58,109		55,581
Netherlands		24,063		15,255
Taiwan		9,321		0
China		6,973		5,906
Japan		1,733		1,978
All other countries		4,305		4,435
	$	718,764	$	692,984