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Postretirement Benefits
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]  
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

7. POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The components of the Company’s net periodic pension expense for its defined benefit pension plans are summarized as follows:

 

                                                                 
    U.S. Benefit Plan     Non-U.S. Benefit Plan  
    Three months ended
September 30,		     Nine months ended
September 30,		     Three months ended
September 30,		     Nine months ended
September 30,		  
($ in millions)   2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011     2012     2011  

Service cost

   $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ 0.1     $ —       $ 0.2     $ 0.1  

Interest cost

     1.5       1.8       5.5       5.5       0.7       0.8       2.0       2.2  

Expected return on plan assets

     (1.6 )      (1.7 )      (6.0 )      (5.3 )      (0.7 )      (0.8 )      (2.0 )      (2.5 ) 

Amortization of actuarial loss

     1.3       1.1       4.1       3.3       0.2       0.2       0.6       0.7  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Net pension expense

   $ 1.2     $ 1.2     $ 3.6     $ 3.5     $ 0.3     $ 0.2     $ 0.8     $ 0.5  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company contributed $9.2 million to its U.S. defined benefit plan and $1.4 million to its non-U.S. defined benefit plan. During the comparable prior-year period, the Company contributed $1.6 million to the U.S. defined benefit plan and $0.9 million to the non-U.S. defined benefit plan. The Company expects to only contribute $9.2 million to the U.S. benefit plan and approximately $1.6 million to the non-U.S. benefit plan in 2012.