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Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses |
(in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
(Gains)/losses included in: |  |  |  |  |  |
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |  |  | ($5,090 | ) |  |  | (3,931 | ) |  |  | $341 |
Other expense/(income), net |  |  | 1,496 |  |  |  | (6,379 | ) |  |  | 5,227 |
Total transaction (gains)/losses |  |  | ($3,594 | ) |  |  | ($10,310 | ) |  |  | $5,568 |
Schedule of foreign currency gains and losses on long-term intercompany loans |
(in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Gain/(loss) on long-term intercompany loans |  |  | ($5,225 | ) |  |  | $5,317 |  |  |  | ($18,052 | )
Schedule of Accounts Receivable |
(in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Trade and other accounts receivable |  |  | $123,179 |  |  |  | $136,479 |
Bank promissory notes |  |  | 15,845 |  |  |  | 17,426 |
Revenue in excess of progress billings |  |  | 15,889 |  |  |  | 13,045 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (8,530 | ) |  |  | (8,713 | )
Total accounts receivable |  |  | $146,383 |  |  |  | $158,237 |
Schedule of Inventories |
(in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Raw materials |  |  | $27,636 |  |  |  | $27,006 |
Work in process |  |  | 41,823 |  |  |  | 43,512 |
Finished goods |  |  | 36,947 |  |  |  | 36,756 |
Total inventories |  |  | $106,406 |  |  |  | $107,274 |

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