Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2014

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Note 4.   Discontinued Operations

During the second quarter of 2013, the Company ceased its operations at its Paper PCC merchant plant in Walsum, Germany and reclassified such operations as discontinued.  The remaining assets at this facility are not material and are being disposed.  All prior periods have been restated to reflect such reclassification. These operations were part of the Company's Specialty Minerals segment.

The following table provides selected financial information for the Walsum plant included within discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statements of Income.  The amounts exclude general corporate overhead and interest expense which were previously allocated to the entity comprising the discontinued operations.

	Three Months Ended
(millions of dollars)	March 30, 2014		March 31, 2013
Net sales	$	--	$	0.8
Production margin		--		(1.0	)
Expenses		--		0.1
Loss from operations	$	--	$	(1.1	)
Benefit for taxes on income	$	--	$	(0.4	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	--	$	(0.7	)