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Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2014
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Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements | (4) Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements The Company incurs pre-production engineering and development (“E&D”) and tooling costs related to the products produced for its customers under long-term supply agreements. The Company expenses all pre-production E&D costs for which reimbursement is not contractually guaranteed by the customer. In addition, the Company expenses all pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools for which reimbursement is not contractually guaranteed by the customer or for which the Company does not have a non-cancelable right to use the tooling. During the first quarters of 2014 and 2013, the Company capitalized $42.3 million and $50.3 million, respectively, of pre-production E&D costs for which reimbursement is contractually guaranteed by the customer. During the first quarters of 2014 and 2013, the Company also capitalized $66.3 million and $47.0 million, respectively, of pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools for which reimbursement is contractually guaranteed by the customer or for which the Company has a non-cancelable right to use the tooling. These amounts are included in other current and long-term assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. During the first quarters of 2014 and 2013, the Company collected $103.2 million and $105.4 million, respectively, of cash related to E&D and tooling costs. The classification of recoverable customer E&D and tooling costs related to long-term supply agreements is shown below (in millions):
|  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Current |  | $ | 130.9 |  |  | $ | 134.2 |
Long-term |  |  | 47.6 |  |  |  | 52.9 |
Recoverable customer E&D and tooling |  | $ | 178.5 |  |  | $ | 187.1 |

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