INVENTORIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories at December 31, 2015 and 2014, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	2015			2014
Raw material	$	85,490		$	119,989
Work-in-process	31,866			41,073
Finished goods	158,997			179,998
	276,353			341,060
Adjustment to LIFO basis	(6,562		)	(9,628		)
	$	269,791		$	331,432