BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Total segment sales:
North America	$	34,370		$	37,842		$	106,349		$	113,195
Asia		47,238			46,501			125,881			136,638
Europe		8,983			8,577			24,200			26,742
Total segment sales		90,591			92,920			256,430			276,575
Reconciling item:
Intersegment sales		(14,532	)		(17,017	)		(41,588	)		(50,096	)
Net sales	$	76,059		$	75,903		$	214,842		$	226,479

Income from operations:
North America	$	(189	)	$	1,785		$	4,074		$	6,061
Asia		1,046			(143	)		7			(1,272	)
Europe		168			296			741			1,523
	$	1,025		$	1,938		$	4,822		$	6,312

- 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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