Segments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Segments [Abstract]

Segments

NOTE B — Segments

The Company operates through three segments: Supply Technologies, Aluminum Products and Manufactured Products. Supply Technologies provides our customers with Total Supply Management tm services for a broad range of high-volume, specialty production components. Total Supply Management tm manages the efficiencies of every aspect of supplying production parts and materials to our customers’ manufacturing floor, from strategic planning to program implementation and includes such services as engineering and design support, part usage and cost analysis, supplier selection, quality assurance, bar coding, product packaging and tracking, just-in-time and point-of-use delivery, electronic billing services and ongoing technical support. Aluminum Products manufactures cast aluminum components for automotive, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, heavy-duty truck and marine equipment industries. Aluminum Products also provides value-added services such as design and engineering, machining and assembly. Manufactured Products operates a diverse group of niche manufacturing businesses that design and manufacture a broad range of high quality products engineered for specific customer applications.

Results by business segment were as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net sales:
Supply Technologies	$	125,522		$	97,185		$	248,748		$	191,423
Aluminum products		33,452			37,572			72,493			74,160
Manufactured products		87,834			63,546			167,195			124,421
	$	246,808		$	198,303		$	488,436		$	390,004
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Supply Technologies	$	8,419		$	5,311		$	17,052		$	9,795
Aluminum products		1,304			2,299			4,618			4,235
Manufactured products		11,333			7,597			19,879			12,529
		21,056			15,207			41,549			26,559
Corporate costs		(4,722	)		(4,246	)		(8,945	)		(7,228	)
Interest expense		(14,229	)		(6,167	)		(20,092	)		(11,603	)
Income before income taxes	$	2,105		$	4,794		$	12,512		$	7,728

	June 30,		December 31,
	2011		2010
Identifiable assets were as follows:
Supply Technologies	$	234,491	$	217,915
Aluminum products		66,195		66,219
Manufactured products		202,549		188,017
General corporate		118,099		80,381
	$	621,334	$	552,532