Contingencies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Loss Contingency [Abstract]
Contingencies	Contingencies The Company is party to certain environmental matters, although no claims are currently pending. All other legal proceedings and actions involving the Company are of an ordinary and routine nature and are incidental to the operations of the Company. Management believes that such proceedings should not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial condition or on the results of operations. On April 12, 2012, a Resolution Agreement (the “Agreement”) became binding upon the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, and a number of other defendants, which will resolve all pending claims related to welding fumes against the Company by all plaintiffs who have signed a release of claims under the Agreement. In connection with the Agreement, the Company did not admit any fault, wrongdoing, or liability with respect to the plaintiffs’ claims. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and the releases, each signing plaintiff accepted his or her claim under the Agreement as full and final resolution of his or her welding fume claims, agreed to execute and deliver valid and binding releases and stipulations of dismissal with prejudice to the defendants, and consented to participate in the structured private resolution program established pursuant to the Agreement. In accordance with the Agreement, on April 20, 2012, the Company paid $500 in full satisfaction of its obligation to fund its portion of this private resolution program, which was established by plaintiffs’ counsel and in an aggregate amount, including contributions from other defendants, of $21,500. The Company’s obligations under the Agreement are limited to its partial funding of the private resolution program, and the Company will not have any responsibility for or role in staffing, administering, or operating such program. On December 30, 2006, the Company committed to dispose of its Brazilian manufacturing operations. Remaining Brazilian accrued liabilities are still held by the Company and are primarily associated with tax matters for which the timing of resolution is uncertain, and are classified within Accrued and Other Liabilities in the amounts of $499 and $660 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

The Company is party to certain environmental matters, although no claims are currently pending. All other legal proceedings and actions involving the Company are of an ordinary and routine nature and are incidental to the operations of the Company. Management believes that such proceedings should not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial condition or on the results of operations.

On April 12, 2012, a Resolution Agreement (the “Agreement”) became binding upon the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, and a number of other defendants, which will resolve all pending claims related to welding fumes against the Company by all plaintiffs who have signed a release of claims under the Agreement. In connection with the Agreement, the Company did not admit any fault, wrongdoing, or liability with respect to the plaintiffs’ claims. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and the releases, each signing plaintiff accepted his or her claim under the Agreement as full and final resolution of his or her welding fume claims, agreed to execute and deliver valid and binding releases and stipulations of dismissal with prejudice to the defendants, and consented to participate in the structured private resolution program established pursuant to the Agreement. In accordance with the Agreement, on April 20, 2012, the Company paid $500 in full satisfaction of its obligation to fund its portion of this private resolution program, which was established by plaintiffs’ counsel and in an aggregate amount, including contributions from other defendants, of $21,500. The Company’s obligations under the Agreement are limited to its partial funding of the private resolution program, and the Company will not have any responsibility for or role in staffing, administering, or operating such program.

On December 30, 2006, the Company committed to dispose of its Brazilian manufacturing operations. Remaining Brazilian accrued liabilities are still held by the Company and are primarily associated with tax matters for which the timing of resolution is uncertain, and are classified within Accrued and Other Liabilities in the amounts of $499 and $660 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.