Note 6 - Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 6 – EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 28, 2014, and September 29, 2013, respectively:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (Europe)	Sept. 28, 2014			Sept. 29, 2013			Sept. 28, 2014			Sept. 29, 2013
	(In thousands)						(In thousands)
Service cost	$	176		$	212		$	539		$	632
Interest cost		2,664			2,391			8,028			7,147
Expected return on assets		(2,988	)		(2,488	)		(9,008	)		(7,438	)
Amortization of prior service costs		10			22			38			66
Recognized net actuarial losses		164			243			492			727
Net periodic benefit cost	$	26		$	380		$	89		$	1,134

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
Salary Continuation Plan (SCP)	Sept. 28, 2014		Sept. 29, 2013		Sept. 28, 2014		Sept. 29, 2013
	(In thousands)				(In thousands)
Service cost	$	125	$	134	$	375	$	401
Interest cost		268		249		803		748
Amortization of prior service cost		6		12		18		36
Amortization of loss		67		110		201		331
Net periodic benefit cost	$	466	$	505	$	1,397	$	1,516