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</LabelSeparator><Level>2</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_DisclosureOfCompensationRelatedCostsShareBasedPaymentsTextBlock</ElementName><ElementPrefix>us-gaap_</ElementPrefix><IsBaseElement>true</IsBaseElement><BalanceType>na</BalanceType><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><IsReportTitle>false</IsReportTitle><IsSegmentTitle>false</IsSegmentTitle><IsCalendarTitle>false</IsCalendarTitle><IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow>false</IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow><IsEquityAdjustmentRow>false</IsEquityAdjustmentRow><IsBeginningBalance>false</IsBeginningBalance><IsEndingBalance>false</IsEndingBalance><IsReverseSign>false</IsReverseSign><PreferredLabelRole>terseLabel</PreferredLabelRole><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="P01_01_2013To06_30_2013" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText>              &lt;table border="0" style="clear:both;width:100%; table-layout:fixed;"&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif "&gt;  &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;5. Equity Compensation Plans&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 24.45pt; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  As of June 30, 2013, the Company&amp;#8217;s equity compensation plans  consisted of the 2003 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan (the  &amp;#8220;2003 Plan&amp;#8221;) and the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the  &amp;#8220;2012 Plan&amp;#8221; and together with the 2003 Plan, the  &amp;#8220;Plans&amp;#8221;) under which incentive and non-qualified stock  options and time and performance based restricted shares have been  granted to employees and directors from authorized but unissued  shares of common stock or treasury shares. The 2003 Plan is not  active, but continues to govern all outstanding awards granted  under the plan until the awards themselves are exercised or  terminate in accordance with their terms. The 2012 Plan, approved  by shareholders on April 27, 2012, authorize s &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  1.75&lt;/font&gt; million shares of common stock for awards. The 2012  Plan also authorizes an additional &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  1.2&lt;/font&gt; million shares of common stock to the extent awards  granted under prior stock plans that were outstanding as of April  27, 2012 are forfeited. The 2012 Plan provides for the following  type s of award: options, restricted stock, restricted stock units  and other stock-based awards.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  The Company incurred compensation expense of $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;0.2&lt;/font&gt;  million and $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;0.4&lt;/font&gt;  million for the quarters ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012,  respectively , and $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;0.7  million&lt;/font&gt; and $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;0.8&lt;/font&gt;  million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012,  respectively, for the Plans, including restricted stock awards. No  compensation costs were capitalized as part of inventory.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stock Options&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  The following table is a summary of outstanding and exercisable  options as of June 30, 2013:&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN:Left;"&gt;  &lt;table style="clear:both;BORDER-BOTTOM: #9eb6ce 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #9eb6ce 0px solid; MARGIN: 0in; WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; OVERFLOW: visible; BORDER-TOP: #9eb6ce 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #9eb6ce 0px solid"   cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"&gt;  &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;In thousands except per share&lt;br/&gt;   amounts and years&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Shares&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Weighted-&lt;br/&gt;   Average&lt;br/&gt;   Exercise&lt;br/&gt;   Price&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Weighted-&lt;br/&gt;   Average&lt;br/&gt;   Remaining&lt;br/&gt;   Contractual&lt;br/&gt;   Term&lt;br/&gt;   (years)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Aggregate&lt;br/&gt;   Intrinsic&lt;br/&gt;   Value&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt; 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FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;757&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;9.71&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;6.1&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt; 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 &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;447&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;9.02&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;4.4&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2,540&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Expected to Vest at June 30, 2013&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; 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The amount of cash received from the exercise s of stock  options during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012 was  $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;0.2&lt;/font&gt;  million and the intrinsic value of options exercised was $&lt;font  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;0.1&lt;/font&gt;  million with minimal tax benefit. 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