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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income before income taxes

Income before income taxes was derived from the following sources:

 

                         
    2012     2011     2010  

United States

  $ 21,754     $ 18,842     $ 9,007  

Foreign

    23,073       27,152       21,176  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ 44,827     $ 45,994     $ 30,183  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Components of income taxes

The components of income taxes for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

 

                         
    2012     2011     2010  

Current

                       

Federal

  $ 9,663     $ 5,679     $ 1,768  

Foreign

    7,885       8,896       5,498  

State and local

    920       1,123       809  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      18,468       15,698       8,075  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred

                       

Federal

    (1,443     726       342  

Foreign

    (1,310     (1,199     (1,098

State and local

    (174     (215     (144
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (2,927     (688     (900
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income taxes

  $ 15,541     $ 15,010     $ 7,175  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Differences between the provision for income taxes at the U.S. federal statutory rate and the tax

The differences between the provision for income taxes at the U.S. federal statutory rate and the tax shown in the Statements of Consolidated Income for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows:

 

                         
    2012     2011     2010  

U. S. federal statutory tax rate

    35     35     35

Federal tax at statutory rate

  $ 15,689     $ 16,098     $ 10,564  

State and local taxes, net of federal benefit

    485       590       432  

U.S. federal permanent items

    332       14       324  

Domestic productions activity deduction

    (669     (401     (312

Foreign earnings and related tax credits

    1,498       261       641  

Non-U.S. tax rate variances

    (1,175     (1,510     (3,121

Unrecognized tax benefits

    310       21       (368

Valuation allowance

    (337     19       (403

Tax credits

    (85     (265     (329

Other, net

    (507     183       (253
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ 15,541     $ 15,010     $ 7,175  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31 are as follows:

 

                 
    2012     2011  

Deferred tax assets:

               

Accrued compensation and benefits

  $ 1,808     $ 1,520  

Inventory valuation reserves

    2,771       1,938  

Benefit plan reserves

    9,468       9,126  

Capital tax loss carryforwards

    2,034       2,054  

Net operating loss carryforwards

    788       1,061  

Other accrued expenses

    2,480       2,222  

Unrealized foreign exchange

    58       346  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross deferred tax assets

    19,407       18,267  

Valuation allowance

    (2,329     (3,115
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net deferred tax assets

    17,078       15,152  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

               

Depreciation and other basis differences

    (5,276     (4,602

Intangibles

    (3,571     (2,706

Other

    (90     (307
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

    (8,937     (7,615
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net deferred tax assets

  $ 8,141     $ 7,537  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

                 
    2012     2011  

Change in net deferred tax assets:

               

Deferred income tax benefit

  $ 2,927     $ 688  

Items of other comprehensive income (loss)

    (1,033     2,175  

Currency translation

    (254     (49

Deferred tax balances from business acquisition

    (1,036     0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total change in net deferred tax assets

  $ 604     $ 2,814  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits

The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for the period ended December 31:

 

                         
    2012     2011     2010  

Balance at January 1

  $ 1,015     $ 1,062     $ 1,304  

Additions for tax positions of current year

    0       0       53  

Additions for tax positions of prior years

    511       0       62  

Reductions for tax positions of prior years

    0       (32     (281

Expiration of statutes of limitations

    (165     (15     (76
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

  $ 1,361     $ 1,015     $ 1,062