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Multiemployer Pension Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Multiemployer Plans [Abstract] |
Multiemployer Pension Plans Disclosure | Multiemployer Pension Plans Overview. The Company has employees represented by USW, International Association of Machinists (“IAM”) and International Brotherhood of Teamsters (“Teamsters”) and contributes to the respective multiemployer defined benefit pension plans under the terms of collective-bargaining agreements that cover its union-represented employees. The Company currently estimates that contributions will range from $2.0 to $4.0 per year through 2015. The risks of participating in these multiemployer plans are different from single-employer plans in the following aspects:
a. | Assets contributed to the multiemployer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.
b. | If a participating employer stops contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan may be borne by the remaining participating employers.
c. | If the Company chooses to stop participating in some of its multiemployer plans, the Company may be required to pay those plans an amount based on the underfunded status of the plan, referred to as a withdrawal liability. The Company has effectuated a complete withdrawal from the Teamster Local Union 786 Building Materials pension fund effective October 28, 2011 as a result of terminating the Plainfield, Illinois operation. The Company did not incur material liability or cash payments in connection with the withdrawal from this pension fund in 2011.
The Company's participation in material multiemployer pension plans for the annual period ended December 31, 2011, is outlined in the table below.
Pension Fund |  | EIN/Pension Plan Number 1 |  | Pension Protection Act Zone Status 2 |  | FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented in 2011 3 |  | Contributions of the Company |  | Surcharge Imposed in 2011 |  | Expiration Date of Collective-Bargaining Agreement
|  | 2010 |  | 2009 |  |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |  |
Steelworkers Pension Trust (USW)4 |  | 23-6648508 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No |  | $ | 2.6 |  |  | $ | 2.4 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | No |  | Mar 2014 - Sep 2015
National Pension Plan(IAM)5 |  | 51-6031295 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | No |  | Dec 2013 - Nov 2014
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan (Teamsters)6 |  | 91-6145047 |  | Green |  | Green |  | No |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | No |  | May 2012
Canada Wide Industrial Pension Plan 7 |  | 920120 |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | N/A |  | Feb 2012
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 3.3 |  |  | $ | 3.3 |  |  |  |  |
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1 | The “EIN/Pension Plan Number” column provides the Employee Identification Number (EIN) and the three-digit plan number, if applicable.
2 | Unless otherwise noted, the most recent Pension Protection Act (PPA) zone status available in 2011 and 2010 is for the plan's year-end at December 31, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The zone status is based on information that the Company received from the plan and is certified by the plan's actuary. Among other factors, plans in the red zone are generally less than 65% funded, plans in the yellow zone are less than 80% funded, and plans in the green zone are at least 80% funded.
3 | The “FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented” column indicates plans for which a Financial Improvement Plan (FIP) or a Rehabilitation Plan (RP) is either pending or has been implemented under the PPA.
4 | The Company is party to three collective-bargaining agreements that require contributions to the Steelworkers Pension Trust. Current union contracts covering employees at the Newark, Ohio and Spokane, Washington facilities, Florence, Alabama facility and Richmond (Bellwood), Virginia facility expire in September 2015, March 2014 and November 2014, respectively. Of the three, the union contract covering employees at the Newark, Ohio and Spokane, Washington facilities is more significant because 80% of the Company's USW-represented employees are covered by that agreement. The union contracts covering employees at the Bellwood, Virginia facility and Florence, Alabama facility cover 14% and 6% of the Company's USW-related employees, respectively. The Company makes monthly contributions of (in whole dollars) $1.00 per hour worked by each bargaining unit employee to the Steelworkers Pension Trust except that (i) the monthly contributions per hour worked by each bargaining unit employee at the Company’s Newark, Ohio and Spokane, Washington facilities increased to (in whole dollars) $1.25 starting July 2010 and will increase to (in whole dollars) $1.50 in July 2015 and (ii) monthly contributions per hour worked by each bargaining unit employee at at the Florence, Alabama facility are (in whole dollars) $1.25 per hour. The Company is also party to two other collective-bargaining agreements covering employees at the Chandler, Arizona (Tube) and Kalamazoo, Michigan facilities. However, these agreements do not require contributions from the Company to the Steelworkers Pension Trust because the employees at these facilities are covered under the Company's defined contribution 401(k) savings plan.
5 | The Company is party to two significant collective-bargaining agreements that require contributions to the National Pension Plan. Current union contracts covering employees at the Richmond (Bellwood), Virginia, and Sherman, Texas facilities expire in November 2014 and December 2013, respectively. Of the two, the union contract covering employees at the Sherman, Texas facility is more significant because 89% of the Company's IAM-represented employees are covered by that agreement. The union contract covering employees at the Richmond (Bellwood), Virginia facility covers 11% of the Company's IAM-represented employees. The Company makes monthly contributions of (in whole dollars) $1.00 per hour worked by each bargaining unit employee to the National Pension Plan.
6 | The Company makes monthly contributions of (in whole dollars) $1.00 per hour worked by each bargaining unit employee at the Los Angeles, California facility to the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan.
7 | The Company makes monthly contributions of (in whole dollars) $1.15 per hour worked by each bargaining unit employee at the London, Ontario facility to the Canada Wide Industrial Pension Plan. Information relating to the Pension Protection Act zone status, FIP/RIP status and surcharge imposed are not applicable to this plan because it is a Canadian plan that does not follow the same regulations as plans that are U.S. based.
The Company was not listed in any of the plans' Forms 5500 as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for any of the plan years disclosed. At December 31, 2011, Forms 5500 were not available for the plan years ending in 2011. Further, there were no significant changes to the number of employees covered by the Company's multiemployer plans that would affect the period-to-period comparability of the contributions for the years presented.

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