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INVENTORIES (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2014
INVENTORIES [Abstract]  
Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

 

    March 29,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 
Inventory at FIFO                
Finished products   $ 11,722     $ 6,552  
Materials and work in process     58,898       57,647  
Gross inventories     70,620       64,199  
Less:  LIFO reserve     (38,904 )     (38,516 )
Less:  excess and obsolescence reserve     (2,579 )     (2,422 )
Net inventories   $ 29,137     $ 23,261