Retirement Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Retirement Plans

Retirement Plans

(14)       Retirement Plans

We have defined benefit pension plans covering many of our employees, including certain employees in Germany and the U.K.  The components of net periodic pension cost for these plans are as follows:

	Domestic Plan						Foreign Plans
	Three Months Ended June 30,						Three Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	93		$	82		$	165		$	148
Interest cost	762			884			455			408
Expected return on plan assets	(1,101		)	(1,047		)	(107		)	(72		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	29			28			(13		)	(13		)
Amortization of net loss	595			486			29			46
Net periodic pension cost	$	378		$	433		$	529		$	517
	Domestic Plan						Foreign Plans
	Six Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	181		$	175		$	322		$	319
Interest cost	1,626			1,728			889			861
Expected return on plan assets	(2,150		)	(2,097		)	(212		)	(167		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	57			56			(26		)	(13		)
Amortization of net loss	1,084			978			58			80
Net periodic pension cost	$	798		$	840		$	1,031		$	1,080

We have not made any payments to our domestic pension plan as of June 30, 2011. However, we expect to contribute $2.6 million to this plan in the second half of 2011. Our anticipated contributions to the pension plan of our U.K. subsidiary approximate $0.9 million for the current year. As of June 30, 2011, we have made contributions of $0.4 million to this plan. The pension plans of our German entities do not hold any assets and use operating cash to pay participant benefits as they become due. Expected 2011 benefit payments under these plans are $1.3 million, of which $0.6 million was paid through June 2011.

We provide postretirement life insurance benefits to a limited number of certain eligible hourly retirees and their dependents. The activity in this plan is not material to the condensed consolidated financial statements.