<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><InstanceReport xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Version>2.4.0.8</Version><ReportLongName>108 - Disclosure - Inventories</ReportLongName><DisplayLabelColumn>true</DisplayLabelColumn><ShowElementNames>false</ShowElementNames><RoundingOption /><HasEmbeddedReports>false</HasEmbeddedReports><Columns><Column FlagID="0"><Id>1</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>false</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><CurrencyCode /><FootnoteIndexer /><hasSegments>false</hasSegments><hasScenarios>false</hasScenarios><MCU><KeyName /><CurrencySymbol /><contextRef><ContextID>P01_01_2013To06_30_2013</ContextID><EntitySchema>http://www.sec.gov/CIK</EntitySchema><EntityValue>0000060977</EntityValue><PeriodDisplayName /><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><PeriodStartDate>2013-01-01T00:00:00</PeriodStartDate><PeriodEndDate>2013-06-30T00:00:00</PeriodEndDate><Segments /><Scenarios /></contextRef><UPS /><CurrencyCode /><OriginalCurrencyCode /></MCU><CurrencySymbol /><Labels><Label Key="CalendarSupplement" Id="0" Label="6 Months Ended" /><Label Key="Calendar" Id="1" Label="Jun. 30, 2013" /></Labels></Column></Columns><Rows><Row FlagID="0"><Id>1</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>true</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><Level>1</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_InventoryDisclosureAbstract</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><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText /><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>xbrli:stringItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>string</SimpleDataType><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]</Label></Row><Row FlagID="0"><Id>2</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>false</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><Level>2</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_InventoryDisclosureTextBlock</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;2. Inventories&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 24.5pt; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;table style="clear:both;MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"   cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"&gt;  &lt;td style="WIDTH: 0pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="WIDTH: 0pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Inventories as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as  follows:&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;/table&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"&gt;  &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="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="57%"&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; 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: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="20%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;June 30,&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="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="20%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;December 31,&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;/tr&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; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="57%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;In thousands&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="20%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2013&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="20%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2012&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;/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; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="57%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Raw materials&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: right; 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="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;13,876&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&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;12,501&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;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&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="57%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Work in process&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: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&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;15,865&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: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&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;12,800&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;/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="57%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Finished goods&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;9,848&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;10,549&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;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&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="57%"&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: middle; 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; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&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; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;39,589&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: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&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; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;35,850&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;/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="57%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Less: Progress billings&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;(1,924)&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;(4,558)&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;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&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: 700"   width="57%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Total inventories&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="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;37,665&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;31,292&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;/tr&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  &amp;#160;&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;  Included in work in process is gross tooling inventory of $ &lt;font  style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  10.1&lt;/font&gt; million and $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;8.0&lt;/font&gt;  million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.  Tooling inventory, net of progress billings, was $ &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  8.2&lt;/font&gt; million and $&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;3.5&lt;/font&gt;  million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;        </NonNumbericText><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>nonnum:textBlockItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>na</SimpleDataType><ElementDefenition>The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.</ElementDefenition><ElementReferences>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Accounting Standards Codification

 -Topic 210

 -SubTopic 10

 -Section 50

 -Paragraph 1

 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&amp;oid=6361739&amp;loc=d3e7789-107766



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Accounting Standards Codification

 -Topic 210

 -SubTopic 10

 -Section S99

 -Paragraph 1

 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6)

 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&amp;oid=6877327&amp;loc=d3e13212-122682



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher SEC

 -Name Regulation S-X (SX)

 -Number 210

 -Section 02

 -Paragraph 6

 -Subparagraph a, b, c

 -Article 5



</ElementReferences><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>Inventories</Label></Row></Rows><Footnotes /><IsEquityReport>false</IsEquityReport><ReportName>Inventories</ReportName><MonetaryRoundingLevel>UnKnown</MonetaryRoundingLevel><SharesRoundingLevel>UnKnown</SharesRoundingLevel><PerShareRoundingLevel>UnKnown</PerShareRoundingLevel><ExchangeRateRoundingLevel>UnKnown</ExchangeRateRoundingLevel><HasCustomUnits>true</HasCustomUnits><IsEmbedReport>false</IsEmbedReport><IsMultiCurrency>false</IsMultiCurrency><ReportType>Sheet</ReportType><RoleURI>http://www.lydall.com/role/Inventories</RoleURI><NumberOfCols>1</NumberOfCols><NumberOfRows>2</NumberOfRows></InstanceReport>
