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Certain Balance Sheet Components (Text Block) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] |
Certain Balance Sheet Components [Text Block] | Certain Balance Sheet Components
Accounts receivable, net | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| (in thousands)
Trade receivables (net of allowance of $6,524 and $8,368) | $ | 310,261 |  |  | $ | 328,240 |
Unbilled receivables | 32,219 |  |  | 28,469 |
Total accounts receivable, net | $ | 342,480 |  |  | $ | 356,709 |
At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, $4.7 million and $3.2 million, respectively, were recorded within trade receivables as billed but not yet paid by customers, in accordance with contract retainage provisions. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, contract retainage amounts that were unbilled and classified as unbilled receivables were $3.6 million and $4.3 million, respectively. These contract retainage amounts within trade receivables and unbilled receivables are expected to be collected within the following 12 months. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, long-term unbilled receivables totaled $4.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively. These long-term unbilled receivables are classified within other long-term assets, as collection is not anticipated within the following 12 months. We had no long-term billed contract retainage receivables at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, as we expect to collect all contract retainage receivables within the following 12 months.
Allowance for doubtful accounts activity | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 7,355 |  |  | $ | 6,948 |  |  | $ | 8,368 |  |  | $ | 7,372 |
Provision (release) of doubtful accounts, net | (356 | ) |  | 1,290 |  |  | (545 | ) |  | 1,461 |
Accounts written-off | (233 | ) |  | (164 | ) |  | (1,023 | ) |  | (467 | )
Effect of change in exchange rates | (242 | ) |  | 153 |  |  | (276 | ) |  | (139 | )
Ending balance | $ | 6,524 |  |  | $ | 8,227 |  |  | $ | 6,524 |  |  | $ | 8,227 |
Inventories | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| (in thousands)
Materials | $ | 101,607 |  |  | $ | 102,596 |
Work in process | 11,694 |  |  | 13,770 |
Finished goods | 77,388 |  |  | 61,101 |
Total inventories | $ | 190,689 |  |  | $ | 177,467 |
Our inventory levels may vary from period to period as a result of our factory scheduling and the timing of contract fulfillments, which may include the buildup of materials in preparation for customer orders or finished goods for shipment. Consigned inventory is held at third-party locations; however, we retain title to the inventory until it is purchased by the third-party. Consigned inventory, consisting of raw materials and finished goods, was $3.6 million and $6.4 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
Property, plant, and equipment, net | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| (in thousands)
Machinery and equipment | $ | 307,098 |  |  | $ | 309,525 |
Computers and software | 101,861 |  |  | 99,654 |
Buildings, furniture, and improvements | 139,681 |  |  | 145,926 |
Land | 22,764 |  |  | 24,005 |
Construction in progress, including purchased equipment | 16,730 |  |  | 14,257 |
Total cost | 588,134 |  |  | 593,367 |
Accumulated depreciation | (365,780 | ) |  | (346,547 | )
Property, plant, and equipment, net | $ | 222,354 |  |  | $ | 246,820 |
Depreciation expense | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Depreciation expense | $ | 13,691 |  |  | $ | 14,330 |  |  | $ | 42,118 |  |  | $ | 42,370 |

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