GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS [Abstract]

4.	GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price and related acquisition costs over the fair value assigned to the net tangible and other intangible assets acquired in a business acquisition.

Other intangible assets include patents, technology, license agreements, supply agreements, non-compete agreements and trademarks. Amounts assigned to these intangible assets have been determined by management. Management considered a number of factors in determining the allocations, including valuations and independent appraisals. Trademarks have indefinite lives and are reviewed for impairment on an annual basis. Other intangible assets, excluding trademarks, are being amortized over 1 to 20 years.

The changes in the carrying value of goodwill classified by reportable operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Total			Asia			North America			Europe

Balance at January 1, 2011:
Goodwill, gross	$	31,205		$	12,875		$	15,293		$	3,037
Accumulated impairment charges		(26,941	)		(12,875	)		(14,066	)		-
Goodwill, net		4,264			-			1,227			3,037

Foreign currency translation		(101	)		-			-			(101	)

Balance at December 31, 2011:
Goodwill, gross		31,104			12,875			15,293			2,936
Accumulated impairment charges		(26,941	)		(12,875	)		(14,066	)		-
Goodwill, net		4,163			-			1,227			2,936

Goodwill allocation related to acquisition		9,724			-			-			9,724
Foreign currency translation		331			-			-			331

Balance at December 31, 2012:
Goodwill, gross		41,159			12,875			15,293			12,991
Accumulated impairment charges		(26,941	)		(12,875	)		(14,066	)		-
Goodwill, net	$	14,218		$	-		$	1,227		$	12,991

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recorded $9.7 million of additional goodwill in connection with the 2012 Acquisitions. The goodwill related to the 2012 Acquired Companies was preliminarily assigned to the Company's Europe operating segment. The Company completed its annual goodwill impairment test during the fourth quarter of 2012, noting no impairment. Management determined that the fair value of the goodwill at December 31, 2012 exceeded its carrying value and that no impairment existed as of that date.

The Company tests indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment using a fair value approach, the relief-from-royalty method (a form of the income approach) . At December 31, 2012, the Company's indefinite-lived intangible assets related to the trademarks acquired in the Cinch and Fibreco acquisitions. Management has concluded that the fair value of these trademarks exceeded the related carrying values at December 31, 2012 and that no impairment existed as of that date.

The components of intangible assets other than goodwill are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	December 31, 2012						December 31, 2011
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount

Patents, licenses and technology	$	7,822	$	851	$	6,971	$	2,719	$	1,029	$	1,690
Customer relationships		5,827		554		5,273		2,541		301		2,240
Non-compete agreements		573		151		422		40		38		2
Trademarks		8,297		-		8,297		6,945		-		6,945

	$	22,519	$	1,556	$	20,963	$	12,245	$	1,368	$	10,877

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recorded $10.4 million of various intangible assets in connection with the 2012 Acquisitions. A listing of intangible assets acquired with the 2012 Acquired Companies and the related weighted-average lives of those assets is detailed in Note 2. The Company also wrote off $0.5 million of fully-amortized patents and license agreements during 2012, $1.8 million of fully amortized customer relationships during 2011 and $0.3 million of fully amortized patents during 2010. Amortization expense was $0.7 million, $0.4 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for intangible assets for the next five years is as follows (dollars in thousands):

Year Ending	Estimated
December 31,	Amortization Expense

2013	$	1,095
2014		994
2015		834
2016		834
2017		831

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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