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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2011
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Components of the net periodic pension cost under defined benefit pension plans | The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the third fiscal quarters of 2011 and 2010 for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal quarter ended |  |  | Fiscal quarter ended |
|  | October 1, 2011 |  |  | October 2, 2010 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
Net service cost |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 841 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 514 |
Interest cost |  |  | 4,091 |  |  |  | 2,643 |  |  |  | 4,011 |  |  |  | 2,541 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (4,770 | ) |  |  | (397 | ) |  |  | (4,525 | ) |  |  | (340 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 554 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 631 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of losses |  |  | 2,256 |  |  |  | 253 |  |  |  | 2,329 |  |  |  | 42 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 2,131 |  |  | $ | 3,340 |  |  | $ | 2,446 |  |  | $ | 2,757 |
The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the nine fiscal months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans (in thousands):
|  | Nine fiscal months ended |  |  | Nine fiscal months ended |
|  | October 1, 2011 |  |  | October 2, 2010 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
Net service cost |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 2,517 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 2,048 |
Interest cost |  |  | 12,240 |  |  |  | 7,884 |  |  |  | 12,068 |  |  |  | 8,104 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (14,311 | ) |  |  | (1,186 | ) |  |  | (13,574 | ) |  |  | (1,263 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 1,807 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 833 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of losses |  |  | 6,559 |  |  |  | 756 |  |  |  | 6,986 |  |  |  | 129 |
Curtailments and settlements |  |  | 148 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 6,443 |  |  | $ | 9,971 |  |  | $ | 6,313 |  |  | $ | 9,018 |
Net periodic benefit cost under other postretirement benefit plans | The following table shows the components of the net periodic benefit cost for the third fiscal quarters of 2011 and 2010 for the Company’s other postretirement benefit plans (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal quarter ended |  |  | Fiscal quarter ended |
|  | October 1, 2011 |  |  | October 2, 2010 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
Service cost |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 70 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 62 |
Interest cost |  |  | 146 |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | 162 |  |  |  | 71 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (110 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (111 | ) |  |  | - |
Amortization of transition obligation |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of gains |  |  | (61 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (59 | ) |  |  | - |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 142 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 133 |
The following table shows the components of the net periodic pension cost for the nine fiscal months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 for the Company’s other postretirement benefit plans (in thousands):
|  | Nine fiscal months ended |  |  | Nine fiscal months ended |
|  | October 1, 2011 |  |  | October 2, 2010 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
Service cost |  | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 208 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 190 |
Interest cost |  |  | 438 |  |  |  | 214 |  |  |  | 553 |  |  |  | 217 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (331 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (331 | ) |  |  | - |
Amortization of transition obligation |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of gains |  |  | (183 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (161 | ) |  |  | - |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 422 |  |  | $ | 193 |  |  | $ | 407 |

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