Industry Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of reporting information by segment

Total sales from foreign business units and export to countries outside the U.S. were approximately $110.4 million, $95.1 million, and $81.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Sales made to customers in Brazil accounted for approximately 7.3% of total net sales in 2014, 8.2% in 2013 and 5.3% in 2012. Sales made to customers in Canada accounted for approximately 4.2% of total net sales in 2014, 3.3% in 2013 and 4.4% in 2012.There are no other individual foreign countries for which sales are material. Long-lived assets in foreign countries, consisting of property, plant and equipment, were approximately $44.8 million at December 31, 2014 and $16.9 million at December 31, 2013. The increase in long-lived assets in foreign countries is mainly the result of assets acquired with the Scepter acquisition.

	2014			2013			2012
Net Sales
Material Handling	$	432,054		$	380,605		$	337,474
Distribution	191,873			204,460			208,567
Intra-segment elimination	(278		)	(332		)	(469		)
	$	623,649		$	584,733		$	545,572
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
Material Handling	$	31,903		$	47,428		$	51,296
Distribution	16,024			21,727			22,582
Corporate	(25,309		)	(24,839		)	(27,352		)
Interest expense - net	(8,535		)	(4,531		)	(4,330		)
	$	14,083		$	39,785		$	42,196
Identifiable Assets
Material Handling	$	370,501		$	240,897		$	254,165
Distribution	57,523			63,340			56,674
Corporate	19,034			4,652			7,796
Discontinued Operations	117,775			160,568			166,221
	$	564,833		$	469,457		$	484,856
Capital Additions, Net
Material Handling	$	22,197		$	18,787		$	18,199
Distribution	1,786			915			1,086
Corporate	187			1,007			576
	$	24,170		$	20,709		$	19,861
Depreciation and Amortization
Material Handling	$	29,013		$	21,728		$	18,034
Distribution	1,022			859			786
Corporate	1,137			941			656
	$	31,172		$	23,528		$	19,476