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Product Warranty Reserve
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Guarantees [Abstract]  
Product Warranty Reserve

NOTE M – PRODUCT WARRANTY RESERVE

The Company records an accrual for estimated warranty costs to Costs of products sold in the Statements of Consolidated Income. These amounts are recorded in Accrued expenses and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company records and accounts for its warranty reserve based on specific claim incidents. Should the Company become aware of a specific potential warranty claim for which liability is probable and reasonably estimable, a specific charge is recorded and accounted for accordingly. Adjustments are made quarterly to the accruals as claim information changes.

The following is a rollforward of the product warranty reserve:

 

     Six Month Period
Ended June 30,
 
     2013     2012  

Balance at the beginning of period

   $ 1,229      $ 824   

Additions charged to income

     241        769   

Warranty usage

     (218     (401

Currency translation

     (32     (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period balance

   $ 1,220      $ 1,189