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Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures | Summarized financial information for discontinued operations is as follows:
| Year ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 47,516 |  |  | $ | 52,692 |  |  | $ | 58,461 |
Other income, net | 660 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 115 |
Cost and expenses: |  |  |  |  |
Cost of products sold | 38,259 |  |  | 41,181 |  |  | 45,277 |
Selling, general and administrative | 7,650 |  |  | 7,389 |  |  | 8,376 |
Interest expense | — |  |  | — |  |  | 17 |
Currency exchange (gains), net | (116 | ) |  | (325 | ) |  | (41 | )
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes | 2,383 |  |  | 4,487 |  |  | 4,947 |
Provision for income taxes | 607 |  |  | 1,426 |  |  | 1,128 |
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax | 1,776 |  |  | 3,061 |  |  | 3,819 |
The following assets and liabilities are included in the balance sheet line items noted below and are included in the International Segment detail in Note 7.
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2014 |  | 2013
Discontinued Operations assets and liabilities |  |  |
Trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 6,638 |  |  | $ | 7,452 |
Inventories | 11,829 |  |  | 11,359 |
Net property | 342 |  |  | 317 |
Other assets | 2,022 |  |  | 1,326 |
Total assets | 20,831 |  |  | 20,454 |
Accounts payable | 5,263 |  |  | 5,447 |
Accrued and other liabilities | 991 |  |  | 930 |
Total liabilities | 6,254 |  |  | 6,377 |
Net assets | 14,577 |  |  | 14,077 |
The following summary provides financial information for discontinued operations related to net loss (income) related to noncontrolling interests:
| Year ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  |  |
Loss (income) from continuing operations | $ | 1,296 |  |  | $ | 870 |  |  | $ | (385 | )
(Income) from discontinued operations | (717 | ) |  | (672 | ) |  | (739 | )
Net loss (income) | 579 |  |  | 198 |  |  | (1,124 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e957-107759 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1510-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1474-107760 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2443-110228 + Details
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