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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Inventories - (Tables) [Abstract] |
Inventories Table |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Raw materials and supplies |  | $ | 119,550 |  | $ | 113,415 |
Work in process |  |  | 31,085 |  |  | 26,358 |
Finished products |  |  | 89,334 |  |  | 71,302 |
Inventory reserves |  |  | (35,211 | ) |  | (32,516 | )
|  | $ | 204,758 |  | $ | 178,559 |

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