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Reporting Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment |
| Year Ended December 31, 2011
| Reportable Segments
| Energy and Chemicals |  | Distribution and Storage |  | BioMedical |  | Corporate |  | Total
Sales from external customers | $ | 205,033 |  |  | $ | 390,332 |  |  | $ | 199,220 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 794,585 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | 7,417 |  |  | 11,767 |  |  | 7,588 |  |  | 1,143 |  |  | 27,915 |
Operating income (loss) | 27,489 |  |  | 61,415 |  |  | 35,911 |  |  | (34,821 | ) |  | 89,994 |
Total assets(A)(B) | 203,067 |  |  | 556,688 |  |  | 226,729 |  |  | 187,729 |  |  | 1,174,213 |
Capital expenditures | 5,228 |  |  | 7,808 |  |  | 6,692 |  |  | 2,652 |  |  | 22,380 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2010
| Reportable Segments
| Energy and Chemicals |  | Distribution and Storage |  | BioMedical |  | Corporate |  | Total
Sales from external customers | $ | 137,801 |  |  | $ | 269,293 |  |  | $ | 148,361 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 555,455 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | 7,338 |  |  | 10,474 |  |  | 5,197 |  |  | 568 |  |  | 23,577 |
Operating income (loss) | 6,121 |  |  | 41,934 |  |  | 30,698 |  |  | (31,249 | ) |  | 47,504 |
Total assets(A)(C) | 188,407 |  |  | 513,215 |  |  | 227,138 |  |  | 26,079 |  |  | 954,839 |
Capital expenditures | 973 |  |  | 8,563 |  |  | 4,594 |  |  | 2,809 |  |  | 16,939 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2009
| Reportable Segments
| Energy and Chemicals |  | Distribution and Storage |  | BioMedical |  | Corporate |  | Total
Sales from external customers | $ | 255,074 |  |  | $ | 252,197 |  |  | $ | 90,187 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 597,458 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | 7,335 |  |  | 10,104 |  |  | 3,591 |  |  | 382 |  |  | 21,412 |
Operating income (loss) | 61,852 |  |  | 39,888 |  |  | 15,912 |  |  | (23,318 | ) |  | 94,334 |
Total assets(A)(D) | 205,482 |  |  | 486,620 |  |  | 135,977 |  |  | 98,424 |  |  | 926,503 |
Capital expenditures | 2,707 |  |  | 7,168 |  |  | 2,022 |  |  | 1,293 |  |  | 13,190 |
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(A) | Corporate assets at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, short term investments and deferred income taxes.
(B) | Total assets at December 31, 2011 include goodwill of $83,215, $158,381 and $47,174 for the Energy and Chemicals, Distribution and Storage and BioMedical segments, respectively.
(C) | Total assets at December 31, 2010 include goodwill of $83,215, $148,010 and $44,027 for the Energy and Chemicals, Distribution and Storage and BioMedical segments, respectively.
(D) | Total assets at December 31, 2009 include goodwill of $83,215, $144,290 and $37,027 for the Energy and Chemicals, Distribution and Storage and BioMedical segments, respectively.
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated | A reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ operating income to consolidated income before income taxes and minority interest is presented below:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Operating income | $ | 89,994 |  |  | $ | 47,504 |  |  | $ | 94,334 |
Other expense (income): |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net | 23,371 |  |  | 16,196 |  |  | 15,817 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 4,383 |  |  | 3,063 |  |  | 1,616 |
Gain on acquisition of business | — |  |  | (1,124 | ) |  | (6,954 | )
Foreign currency loss (gain) | (734 | ) |  | 871 |  |  | (687 | )
Income before income taxes and minority interest | $ | 62,974 |  |  | $ | 28,498 |  |  | $ | 84,542 |
Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Product Sales Information: |  |  |  |  |
Energy and Chemicals Segment |  |  |  |  |
Heat exchangers | $ | 158,975 |  |  | $ | 113,313 |  |  | $ | 172,374 |
Cold boxes and LNG VIP | 46,058 |  |  | 24,488 |  |  | 82,700 |
| $ | 205,033 |  |  | $ | 137,801 |  |  | $ | 255,074 |
Distribution and Storage Segment |  |  |  |  |
Cryogenic bulk storage systems | $ | 183,932 |  |  | $ | 117,907 |  |  | $ | 135,523 |
Cryogenic packaged gas systems and beverage liquid CO 2 systems | 147,526 |  |  | 103,129 |  |  | 80,278 |
Cryogenic systems and components | 33,038 |  |  | 20,221 |  |  | 10,987 |
Cryogenic services | 25,836 |  |  | 28,036 |  |  | 25,409 |
| $ | 390,332 |  |  | $ | 269,293 |  |  | $ | 252,197 |
BioMedical Segment |  |  |  |  |
Medical respiratory products | $ | 138,411 |  |  | $ | 95,666 |  |  | $ | 41,793 |
Biological storage systems | 60,809 |  |  | 52,695 |  |  | 43,966 |
Other | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,428 |
| 199,220 |  |  | 148,361 |  |  | 90,187 |
Total Sales | $ | 794,585 |  |  | $ | 555,455 |  |  | $ | 597,458 |
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas |
| Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2009
Geographic Information: | Sales |  | Long-Lived Assets |  | Sales |  | Long-Lived Assets |  | Sales
United States | $ | 503,011 |  |  | $ | 326,439 |  |  | $ | 391,691 |  |  | $ | 391,428 |  |  | $ | 441,583 |
Czech Republic | 87,285 |  |  | 78,921 |  |  | 72,486 |  |  | 86,680 |  |  | 79,865 |
China | 71,752 |  |  | 73,469 |  |  | 45,203 |  |  | 69,243 |  |  | 28,641 |
Germany | 122,001 |  |  | 95,932 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other Non-U.S. Countries | 10,536 |  |  | 2,085 |  |  | 46,075 |  |  | 1,392 |  |  | 47,369 |
Total | $ | 794,585 |  |  | $ | 576,846 |  |  | $ | 555,455 |  |  | $ | 548,743 |  |  | $ | 597,458 |

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