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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
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 first fiscal quarters of 2012 and 2011 for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans:
|  | Fiscal quarter ended |  |  | Fiscal quarter ended |
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  | April 2, 2011 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
Net service cost |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 814 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 827 |
Interest cost |  |  | 3,927 |  |  |  | 2,374 |  |  |  | 4,068 |  |  |  | 2,562 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (4,716 | ) |  |  | (412 | ) |  |  | (4,653 | ) |  |  | (391 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 550 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 641 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of losses |  |  | 3,111 |  |  |  | 418 |  |  |  | 2,102 |  |  |  | 249 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 2,872 |  |  | $ | 3,194 |  |  | $ | 2,158 |  |  | $ | 3,247 |
Net periodic benefit cost under other postretirement benefit plans | The following table shows the components of the net periodic benefit cost for the first fiscal quarters of 2012 and 2011 for the Company’s other postretirement benefit plans:
|  | Fiscal quarter ended |  |  | Fiscal quarter ended |
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  | April 2, 2011 |
|  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |  | U.S. Plans |  |  | Non-U.S. Plans |
Service cost |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 67 |
Interest cost |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 146 |  |  |  | 69 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (102 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (110 | ) |  |  | - |
Amortization of transition obligation |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of gains |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (61 | ) |  |  | - |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 136 |

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