Joint Venture Investments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Joint Venture Investments [Abstract]

16. Joint Venture Investments

Summarized below is aggregated financial information for the Company's joint ventures, Pelikan-Artline Pty Ltd and Neschen GBC Graphics Films, LLC, which are accounted for under the equity method. Accordingly, the Company has recorded its proportionate share of earnings or losses on the line entitled "Equity in earnings of joint ventures" in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company's share of the net assets of the joint ventures are included within "Other non-current assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.


	Year Ended December 31,
*(in millions of dollars)*	2011		2010		2009
Net sales	$	165.6	$	151.8	$	134.9
Gross profit		94.6		85.8		71.6
Operating income		24.3		23.0		13.4
Net income		16.9		16.3		8.8


	December 31,
	2011		2010
Current assets	$	94.3	$	89.6
Non-current assets		37.1		37.9
Current liabilities		40.0		37.6
Non-current liabilities		16.7		23.8

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of equity method investments in common stock. The disclosure may include: (a) the name of each investee or group of investments for which combined disclosure is appropriate, (2) the percentage ownership of common stock, (3) the difference, if any, between the carrying amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets and the accounting treatment of difference, if any, and (4) the aggregate value of each identified investment based on its quoted market price, if available.

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