Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Net Sales and Percentage of Consolidated Net Sales

Net sales and percentage of consolidated Company sales for these customers in 2018, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

	2018				2017				2016
Customer	Net Sales		Consolidated Net Sales		Net Sales		Consolidated Net Sales		Net Sales		Consolidated Net Sales
American Tire Distributors, Inc.	$	310,070	11	%	$	252,395	9	%	$	265,315	9	%
TBC/Treadways	$	231,896	8	%	$	304,840	11	%	$	414,556	14	%

Segment Financial Information

The following table details segment financial information:

	2018			2017			2016
Net sales:
Americas Tire
External customers	$	2,330,457		$	2,376,808		$	2,549,743
Intercompany	32,189			39,970			50,580
	2,362,646			2,416,778			2,600,323
International Tire
External customers	477,621			477,848			375,126
Intercompany	163,355			141,021			88,877
	640,976			618,869			464,003
Eliminations	(195,560		)	(180,991		)	(139,457		)
Consolidated net sales	2,808,062			2,854,656			2,924,869
Operating profit (loss) (a):
Americas Tire	229,500			355,059			471,613
International Tire	(14,044		)	15,168			13,907
Unallocated corporate charges	(51,564		)	(59,153		)	(46,818		)
Eliminations	1,353			(1,827		)	(1,244		)
Consolidated operating profit	165,245			309,247			437,458
Interest expense	(32,181		)	(32,048		)	(26,604		)
Interest income	10,216			7,362			4,378
Other pension and postretirement benefit expense (a)	(27,806		)	(37,523		)	(53,071		)
Other non-operating (expense) income	(1,416		)	(3,113		)	4,932
Income before income taxes	114,058			243,925			367,093
Depreciation and amortization expense:
Americas Tire	57,265			91,324			85,842
International Tire	34,564			33,303			30,470
Corporate	55,332			15,601			13,945
Consolidated depreciation and amortization expense	147,161			140,228			130,257
Segment assets (b):
Americas Tire	1,513,534			1,552,855			1,524,295
International Tire	662,226			700,690			555,493
Corporate and other	458,445			454,380			651,889
Consolidated assets	2,634,205			2,707,925			2,731,677
Expenditures for long-lived assets:
Americas Tire	112,444			109,175			112,975
International Tire	71,667			89,008			60,359
Corporate	9,188			(997		)	2,103
Consolidated expenditures for long-lived assets	193,299			197,186			175,437

Geographic Information for Revenues, Based on Country of Origin, and Long-Lived Assets

Geographic information for revenues, based on country of origin, and long-lived assets follows:

	2018		2017		2016
Net sales
United States	$	2,196,424	$	2,240,882	$	2,423,932
PRC	234,959		263,540		166,289
Rest of world	376,679		350,234		334,648
Consolidated net sales	2,808,062		2,854,656		2,924,869
Long-lived assets
United States	595,768		568,215		547,599
PRC	232,339		218,044		157,858
Rest of world	173,814		180,488		158,770
Consolidated long-lived assets	1,001,921		966,747		864,227