RESTRUCTURING	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
RESTRUCTURING	RESTRUCTURING On October 23, 2014 we signed an agreement to purchase a manufacturing facility in the Siegerland region of Germany for $13,140. The facility will significantly enhance NobelClad segment’s manufacturing capabilities and its ability to serve customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. On October 27, 2014, management announced the plan to restructure its NobelClad European operations. Clad metal plate production will be shifted from facilities in both Rivesaltes, France and Wurgendorf, Germany to the new manufacturing facility in Germany. NobelClad's Rivesaltes plant will continue to produce transition joints with a reduced workforce while the Wurgendorf site will be closed and its workers will be transferred to the new facility. We expect to incur total pretax restructuring and impairment charges of approximately $7,250 associated with this plan of which $6,781 ($5,135 after-tax) was incurred in the fourth quarter of 2014. The pretax restructuring charges recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014 included severance of $2,466, non-cash impairment charges of $3,946 primarily associated with the Wurgendorf facility and leasehold improvements at a leased facility in France, both of which are being closed under the consolidation program, and other exit costs of $369. The restructuring and impairment charges are reported in the “restructuring expenses” line item in our consolidated statement of operations for the the year ended December 31, 2014. We expect to incur additional restructuring charges of approximately $500 primarily related to equipment relocation in the first and second quarters of 2015. As of December 31, 2014 we recorded a liability for restructuring charges of $2,486 primarily related to accrued severance, which we will be paid out in 2015.

RESTRUCTURING

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

On October 23, 2014 we signed an agreement to purchase a manufacturing facility in the Siegerland region of Germany for $13,140. The facility will significantly enhance NobelClad segment’s manufacturing capabilities and its ability to serve customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. On October 27, 2014, management announced the plan to restructure its NobelClad European operations. Clad metal plate production will be shifted from facilities in both Rivesaltes, France and Wurgendorf, Germany to the new manufacturing facility in Germany. NobelClad's Rivesaltes plant will continue to produce transition joints with a reduced workforce while the Wurgendorf site will be closed and its workers will be transferred to the new facility. We expect to incur total pretax restructuring and impairment charges of approximately $7,250 associated with this plan of which $6,781 ($5,135 after-tax) was incurred in the fourth quarter of 2014. The pretax restructuring charges recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014 included severance of $2,466, non-cash impairment charges of $3,946 primarily associated with the Wurgendorf facility and leasehold improvements at a leased facility in France, both of which are being closed under the consolidation program, and other exit costs of $369. The restructuring and impairment charges are reported in the “restructuring expenses” line item in our consolidated statement of operations for the the year ended December 31, 2014. We expect to incur additional restructuring charges of approximately $500 primarily related to equipment relocation in the first and second quarters of 2015. As of December 31, 2014 we recorded a liability for restructuring charges of $2,486 primarily related to accrued severance, which we will be paid out in 2015.