RETIREMENT AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

The components of total pension cost were as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,														Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020						2019						2020				2019
	U.S. pension plans		Non-U.S. pension plans		U.S. pension plans		Non-U.S. pension plans		U.S. pension plans		Non-U.S. pension plans		U.S. pension plans		Non-U.S. pension plans
Service cost	$	39	$	718	$	35	$	697	$	117	$	2,216	$	105	$	2,126
Interest cost	3,346		673		4,652		903		11,447		2,052		13,958		2,761
Expected return on plan assets	(6,009)		(1,076)		(6,245)		(1,087)		(17,431)		(3,097)		(18,735)		(3,317)
Amortization of prior service cost	—		15		—		16		—		46		—		47
Amortization of net loss	459		468		413		720		865		1,563		1,240		1,877

Settlement charges ⁽¹⁾	3,188		—		—		—		6,522		—		—		—
Defined benefit plans	1,023		798		(1,145)		1,249		1,520		2,780		(3,432)		3,494
Multi-employer plans	—		274		—		227		—		800		—		717
Defined contribution plans	4,945		931		5,506		692		15,322		2,406		17,205		1,615
Total pension cost	$	5,968	$	2,003	$	4,361	$	2,168	$	16,842	$	5,986	$	13,773	$	5,826

(1) Pension settlement charges resulting from lump sum pension payments in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.