INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

INCOME TAXES [Abstract]

Income tax expense

Income tax expense consists of the following:

	2011		2010			2009
Current:
Federal	$	16,096	$	14,329		$	11,922
Foreign		1,441		1,287			1,700
State		131		1,906			1,425
Deferred:
Federal		177		(803	)		(1,181	)
Foreign		127		183			53
State		1		(48	)		(102	)
Total income tax provision	$	17,973	$	16,854		$	13,817

Income tax reconciliation

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the Federal statutory rate of 35% to earnings before income tax expense due to the following:

	2011			2010			2009
Income tax at Federal statutory rate	$	19,858		$	17,546		$	14,211
State income taxes, net of Federal income taxes		(207	)		987			766
Other		(1,678	)		(1,679	)		(1,160	)
Total income tax provision	$	17,973		$	16,854		$	13,817

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

	2011		2010
Deferred tax assets:
Inventories	$	396	$	388
Restricted stock and stock options		4,218		3,352
Other		773		774
Total deferred tax assets		5,387		4,514
Deferred tax liabilities:
Customer list and goodwill amortization	$	2,952	$	3,313
Depreciation		6,471		4,855
Prepaid expense		574		642
Trade names and trademarks		157		171
Technology and trade secrets		176		192
Other		485		431
Total deferred tax liabilities		10,815		9,604
Net deferred tax liability	$	5,428	$	5,090

Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits

 A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,246		$	972		$	813
Increases for tax positions of prior years		397			97			73
Decreases for tax positions of prior years		(168	)		(127	)		(131	)
Increases for tax positions related to current year		546			304			217
Balance at end of period	$	2,021		$	1,246		$	972