Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company reports three business segments: North American Industrial, North American Agricultural and European. The Company’s sales are principally within the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada and Australia. The Company sells its products primarily through a network of independent dealers and distributors to governmental end-users, related independent contractors, as well as to the agricultural and commercial turf markets.

The Company has included a summary of the financial information by reporting segment. The following table presents the revenues, income from operations (loss), goodwill and total identifiable assets by reporting segment for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009:

	December 31,
(in thousands)	2011		2010		2009
Net Revenue
North American Industrial	$	229,594	$	196,783	$	177,593
North American Agricultural	203,993		181,349		95,188
European	170,006		160,416		182,044
Consolidated	$	603,593	$	538,548	$	454,825
Income from Operations
North American Industrial	$	23,782	$	8,513	$	(12,426	)
North American Agricultural	16,640		10,073		31,206
European	8,163		12,287		15,754
Consolidated	$	48,585	$	30,873	$	34,534
Goodwill
North American Industrial	$	13,316	$	13,316	$	13,128
North American Agricultural	—		—		—
European	18,435		20,757		22,079
Consolidated	$	31,751	$	34,073	$	35,207
Total Identifiable Assets
North American Industrial	$	144,016	$	120,293	$	126,553
North American Agricultural	121,337		116,575		124,165
European	115,582		134,115		129,239
Consolidated	$	380,935	$	370,983	$	379,957