BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]

The Company operates in one industry with three reportable operating segments, which are geographic in nature. The segments consist of North America, Asia and Europe. The primary criteria by which financial performance is evaluated and resources are allocated are sales and income from operations. The following is a summary of key financial data (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Total segment sales:
North America	$	35,455		$	39,088		$	71,980		$	75,353
Asia		43,795			48,100			78,642			90,137
Europe		7,227			9,061			15,217			18,165
Total segment sales		86,477			96,249			165,839			183,655
Reconciling item:
Intersegment sales		(13,255	)		(17,076	)		(27,056	)		(33,079	)
Net sales	$	73,222		$	79,173		$	138,783		$	150,576

Income (loss) from operations:
North America	$	1,953		$	2,584		$	4,263		$	4,276
Asia		523			(3,017	)		(1,039	)		(1,129	)
Europe		(113	)		593			573			1,227
	$	2,363		$	160		$	3,797		$	4,374

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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