Other Intangibles

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Other Intangibles

All of the company’s other intangible assets have been assigned definite lives and continue to be amortized over their useful lives, except for $29,946,000 related to trademarks, which have indefinite lives. The changes in intangible balances reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2011 to June 30, 2012 were the result of foreign currency translation and amortization.

The company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	90,970	$	52,735	$	94,790	$	50,832
Trademarks	29,946		—		31,777		—
License agreements	3,173		3,173		3,160		3,160
Developed Technology	9,313		5,014		9,823		4,870
Patents	6,548		5,483		6,358		5,266
Other	7,511		6,215		7,510		5,970
	$	147,461	$	72,620	$	153,418	$	70,098

Amortization expense related to other intangibles was $5,141,000 in the first six months of 2012 and is estimated to be $10,012,000 in 2012, $9,096,000 in 2013, $8,715,000 in 2014, $7,154,000 in 2015, $5,968,000 in 2016 and $2,374,000 in 2017. Amortized intangibles are being amortized on a straight-line basis for periods from 3 to 20 years with the majority of the intangibles being amortized over a life of between 10 and 13 years.