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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income Before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of nonconsolidated subsidiaries are as follows:
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
United States | ​ | $ | 224,370 | ​ | $ | 202,051 | ​ | $ | 169,281
Foreign | ​ |  | 139,518 | ​ |  | 58,032 | ​ |  | 23,487
​ | ​ | $ | 363,888 | ​ | $ | 260,083 | ​ | $ | 192,768
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Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | (10) INCOME TAXES – CONTINUED Income tax expense (benefit) consists of:
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Current: |  | ​ |  |  | ​ |  |  | ​ |
Federal | ​ | $ | 48,309 | ​ | $ | 30,031 | ​ | $ | 30,431
State | ​ |  | 11,888 | ​ |  | 8,891 | ​ |  | 8,302
Foreign | ​ |  | 48,273 | ​ |  | 20,644 | ​ |  | 12,730
​ | ​ |  | 108,470 | ​ |  | 59,566 | ​ |  | 51,463
Non-current: | ​ |  | 1,442 | ​ |  | 1,777 | ​ |  | (451)
Deferred: | ​ |  |  | ​ |  |  | ​ |  |
Federal | ​ |  | (7,544) | ​ |  | 4,587 | ​ |  | (6,086)
State | ​ |  | (1,973) | ​ |  | 558 | ​ |  | (822)
Foreign | ​ |  | 8,292 | ​ |  | (5,074) | ​ |  | 5,511
​ | ​ |  | (1,225) | ​ |  | 71 | ​ |  | (1,397)
​ | ​ | $ | 108,687 | ​ | $ | 61,414 | ​ | $ | 49,615
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Schedule of Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective Tax Rate | The reconciliations of the statutory federal income tax rate and the effective tax rate follows:
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​ |  | 2022 | ​ | 2021 | ​ | 2020
Statutory federal income tax rate |  | 21.0 | % | ​ | 21.0 | % | ​ | 21.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  | 2.3 |  | ​ | 2.9 |  | ​ | 3.5 | ​
Carryforwards, credits and changes in valuation allowances |  | 1.0 |  | ​ | 1.5 |  | ​ | (1.6) | ​
Foreign jurisdictional tax rate differences |  | 4.2 |  | ​ | (0.1) |  | ​ | (1.7) | ​
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits |  | 0.3 |  | ​ | 0.7 |  | ​ | 0.2 | ​
Goodwill and intangible impairment |  | — |  | ​ | — |  | ​ | 2.4 | ​
Loss on divestiture of offshore wind energy structures business | ​ | 2.2 |  | ​ | — |  | ​ | — | ​
Other |  | (1.1) |  | ​ | (2.4) |  | ​ | 1.9 | ​
​ |  | 29.9 | % | ​ | 23.6 | % | ​ | 25.7 | %
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Schedule of Tax Effects of Significant Items Comprising Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities | The tax effects of significant items comprising the Company’s net deferred income tax assets/liabilities are as follows: ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Deferred income tax assets: |  | ​ |  |  | ​ |
Accrued expenses and allowances | ​ | $ | 33,577 | ​ | $ | 21,241
Tax credits and loss carryforwards | ​ |  | 67,249 | ​ |  | 83,690
Defined benefit pension liability | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 134
Inventory allowances | ​ |  | 7,912 | ​ |  | 2,818
Accrued compensation and benefits | ​ |  | 24,398 | ​ |  | 24,302
Lease liabilities | ​ |  | 40,709 | ​ |  | 41,128
Deferred compensation | ​ |  | 16,308 | ​ |  | 10,893
Gross deferred income tax assets | ​ |  | 190,153 | ​ |  | 184,206
Valuation allowance | ​ |  | (48,974) | ​ |  | (54,256)
Net deferred income tax assets | ​ |  | 141,179 | ​ |  | 129,950
Deferred income tax liabilities: | ​ |  |  | ​ |  |
Property, plant and equipment | ​ |  | 45,300 | ​ |  | 37,686
Intangible assets | ​ |  | 52,750 | ​ |  | 48,244
Defined benefit pension asset | ​ |  | 6,054 | ​ |  | —
Lease assets | ​ |  | 40,708 | ​ |  | 41,128
Other deferred tax liabilities | ​ |  | 4,941 | ​ |  | 5,041
Total deferred income tax liabilities | ​ |  | 149,753 | ​ |  | 132,099
Net deferred income tax asset (liability) | ​ | $ | (8,574) | ​ | $ | (2,149)
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Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets (Liabilities) Presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets | Deferred income tax assets (liabilities) are presented as follows on the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Balance Sheet Caption |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Other assets | ​ | $ | 32,517 | ​ | $ | 45,700
Deferred income taxes | ​ |  | (41,091) | ​ |  | (47,849)
Net deferred income tax asset (liability) | ​ | $ | (8,574) | ​ | $ | (2,149)
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Schedule of Activity Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The following summarizes the activity related to the unrecognized tax benefits in 2022 and 2021:
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Gross unrecognized tax benefits—beginning of year | ​ | $ | 2,664 | ​ | $ | 1,864
Gross increases—tax positions in prior period | ​ |  | 1,133 | ​ |  | 1,315
Gross decreases—tax positions in prior period | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | (6)
Gross increases—current‑period tax positions | ​ |  | 523 | ​ |  | 240
Settlements with taxing authorities | ​ |  | (1,576) | ​ |  | —
Lapse of statute of limitations | ​ |  | (208) | ​ |  | (749)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits—end of year | ​ | $ | 2,536 | ​ | $ | 2,664
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